Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device and method for transferring reaction vessels
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Application No.: US14103257Application Date: 2013-12-11
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Publication No.: US09606136B2Publication Date: 2017-03-28
- Inventor: Marco Bucher , Gottlieb Schacher
- Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IN Indianapolis
- Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Indianapolis
- Agency: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
- Priority: EP12198235 20121219
- Main IPC: G01N35/04
- IPC: G01N35/04 ; G01N35/00 ; G01N35/02

Abstract:
A method and an automated system for testing liquid samples comprising a reaction vessel transferring device are presented. A first analytical unit for running a first diagnostic test comprises a rotatable first vessel holder detachably holding reaction vessels. A second analytical unit for running a second diagnostic test comprises a stationary linear second vessel holder detachably holding reaction vessels. The transferring device comprises a gripper for gripping a reaction vessel and transfers reaction vessels from the first vessel holder to the second vessel holder and/or vice versa. The device is translatable parallel to the second vessel holder and the gripper moves along a curved path between a picking position and a reaction vessel seat of the second vessel holder.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140170636A1 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING REACTION VESSELS Public/Granted day:2014-06-19
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