公开(公告)号：EP3409368A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-05

申请号：EP18183732.9

申请日：2010-05-17

申请人： Gen-Probe Incorporated ,  Stratec Biomedical AG

发明人： RHUBOTTOM, Jason F ,  CLARK, Craig B ,  GILKER, John M ,  HAGEN, Norbert D ,  HORN, Tom R ,  KNIGHT, Byron ,  OPALSKY, David ,  LUKHAUB, Waldemar ,  HORGER, Olaf

IPC分类号： B01L9/06 ,  G01N35/10 ,  G01N35/00

CPC分类号： G06Q10/087 ,  B01L9/06 ,  B01L2200/023 ,  B01L2200/06 ,  B01L2200/141 ,  B01L2300/021 ,  G01N35/1004

摘要： There is disclosed a method for reading machine-readable labels disposed on receptacles carried on a receptacle rack and associating receptacle data read from each machine-readable label disposed on at least one of the receptacles with a rack-receiving location, said method comprising: (a) providing an apparatus comprising a plurality of rack-receiving locations, each configured to receive a rack holding at least one receptacle, and a label reading device configured to read a rack-identifying machine-readable label disposed on the rack and machine-readable labels disposed on the at least one receptacle held on the rack, wherein the label reading device is disposed adjacent to one of the rack-receiving locations; (b) placing a rack holding at least one receptacle having a machine readable label disposed thereon in the rack-receiving location of the apparatus; (c) during or after performing step (b), reading the machine-readable label of each receptacle having a machine-readable label to obtain receptacle data for each receptacle having a machine-readable label; (d) during or after performing step (b), reading the rack-identifying machine readable label to obtain rack identifying data; (e) storing the receptacle data obtained in step (c) and the rack identifying data obtained in step (d) and associating the receptacle data obtained in step (c) with the rack identifying data obtained in step (d); (f) removing the rack from the rack-receiving location disposed adjacent to the label-reading device; (g) placing the rack removed in step (f) in one of the other rack-receiving locations; (h) during or after performing step (g), reading the rack-identifying machine readable label to obtain rack identifying data; (i) acquiring location data identifying the rack-receiving location in which the rack was placed in step (g); and (j) retrieving the receptacle data stored in step (e) that is associated with the rack-identifying data obtained in step (h) and associating the retrieved receptacle data with the location data acquired in step (i) to thereby associate the retrieved receptacle data with the rack-receiving location in which the rack was placed in step (g).

公开(公告)号：EP3229029A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-11

申请号：EP17166326.3

申请日：2010-05-17

申请人： Gen-Probe Incorporated ,  Stratec Biomedical AG

发明人： HAGEN, Norbert D ,  KNIGHT, Byron ,  OPALSKY, David ,  RHUBOTTOM, Jason F ,  HORGER, Olaf ,  THAHEDL, Harald ,  SAYER, Heiko ,  HARBRICH, Stefan

IPC分类号： G01N35/04

CPC分类号： B65G47/901 ,  G01N35/026 ,  G01N35/04 ,  G01N2035/0413 ,  G01N2035/0422 ,  G01N2035/0484

摘要： There is described an apparatus for transferring one or more receptacles between a plurality of receptacle-receiving structures, one or more of the receptacle receiving structures including a receptacle transfer portal through which a receptacle is placed into or removed from the receptacle-receiving structure and a door disposed over the receptacle transfer portal, said apparatus comprising: a receptacle carriage adapted to carry a receptacle and to selectively stop at a transfer position with respect to any of the receptacle-receiving structures, and wherein said receptacle carriage includes a receptacle moving mechanism adapted to move a receptacle with respect to said receptacle carriage to move a receptacle into said receptacle carriage, move a receptacle out of said receptacle carriage, or alternately move a receptacle into and out of said receptacle carriage, wherein a portion of said receptacle carriage is adapted to engage a door of a receptacle-receiving structure and to open the door upon performance of a predetermined movement of said receptacle carriage with respect to the receptacle-receiving structure; and a carriage positioning system adapted to automatically position said receptacle carriage so that a portion of said receptacle carriage engages a door of a selected one of the receptacle-receiving structures and to effect the predetermined movement of said receptacle carriage to open the door.

摘要翻译： 描述了一种用于在多个容器接收结构之间传送一个或多个容器的设备，包括容器传送入口的一个或多个容器接收结构，通过该容器传送入口将容器放入或移出容器容纳结构， 所述设备包括：适于承载容器并且可选择地在相对于任何容器接收结构的转移位置处停止的容器滑架，并且其中所述容器滑架包括容器移动机构，所述容器移动机构适配于所述容器移动机构， 相对于所述容器托架移动容器以将容器移动到所述容器托架中，将容器移出所述容器托架，或者交替地移动容器进出所述容器托架，其中适配所述容器托架的一部分 与容器接收结构的门啮合并打开 在执行所述容器托架相对于所述容器接收结构的预定移动时所述门; 以及滑架定位系统，其适于自动定位所述容器滑架，使得所述容器滑架的一部分与选定的一个容器容纳结构的门啮合，并实现所述容器滑架的预定运动以打开门。