公开(公告)号：US11131632B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-28

申请号：US16325647

申请日：2017-08-17

Applicant: TECAN TRADING AG

Inventor： Manfred Lansing ,  Johannes Posch ,  Tobias Sawetzki

IPC: G01N21/76 ,  G01N21/15 ,  G01N21/25

Abstract: A measuring device for the measurement of light signals emitted from samples in wells of a microplate, in particular to a luminescence measuring device for measuring luminescence signals. The luminescence measuring device has a first injector with an injector needle having an outlet end for dispensing a reagent into a well, and a luminescence optical device having an optical axis extending substantially perpendicularly to the microplate and a measuring region surrounding the optical axis. The injector needle extends to below the luminescence optical device and opens with its outlet end into the measuring region. The luminescence measuring device has further a spray deflector arranged between the outlet end of the injector and the luminescence optical device.

公开(公告)号：US20210260541A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-26

申请号：US17261325

申请日：2019-07-24

Applicant: TECAN TRADING AG

Inventor： Dominic ERB ,  Philipp RIEDEL ,  Christian STREBEL ,  Gero FEHR ,  Klaus LUN ,  Christoph KARTHAUS

IPC: B01F11/00 ,  B01F15/00

Abstract: A mixing apparatus containing a drive unit having a drive and a shaft that is pivotable about a pivot axis and is operatively connected to the drive. A pivotable receptacle is arranged on the shaft, where the pivot axis is oriented essentially horizontally, and the pivotable receptacle has a base plate and at least one retainer spaced therefrom, and the pivotable receptacle is configured in such a way that holders for containers can be inserted between the base plate and the at least one retainer in the direction of the pivot axis.

公开(公告)号：US20210187493A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-24

申请号：US17122470

申请日：2020-12-15

Applicant: TECAN TRADING AG

Inventor： Michael KELLER ,  Thomas Geiges

IPC: B01L3/02

Abstract: Pipetting device for pipetting a liquid driven by a gaseous working medium, the pipetting device having at least one pipette connector adapted to attach a pipette at a connection opening at least one pressurizing and/or suctioning pressure source, a gas flow connection between said connection opening and at least one pressure source, a flow restriction defining at least a section of said gas flow connection, a first sensor configured to measure a quantity indicative of the temperature of the flow restriction. The invention is further directed to a gas flow connection element for a pipetting device and to a method of pipetting a liquid volume.

公开(公告)号：USD921223S1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-01

申请号：US29686320

申请日：2019-04-03

Applicant: TECAN TRADING AG

Designer： Christophe Apotheloz

公开(公告)号：US20210025906A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-28

申请号：US16926900

申请日：2020-07-13

Applicant: TECAN TRADING AG

Inventor： Ronan LEBOUDEC

IPC: G01N35/00 ,  G01N35/10 ,  G05B19/042 ,  G06K9/00

Abstract: A method for generating a control program for a laboratory automation device includes: receiving video data displaying a work area of a laboratory assistant, the work area containing a hand-held pipette and containers for receiving a liquid; detecting openings of the containers in the video data and determining positions of the openings; detecting a pipette tip of the hand-held pipette in the video data and determining a movement of the tip; and generating the control program for the laboratory automation device from the movement of the pipette tip with respect to the positions of the openings, wherein the control program is adapted for moving a pipetting arm with a robot pipette of the laboratory automation device with respect to containers of the laboratory automation device accordingly to the movement of the hand-held pipette in the work area.

公开(公告)号：US20200171512A1

公开(公告)日：2020-06-04

申请号：US16624146

申请日：2018-05-16

Applicant: TECAN TRADING AG

Inventor： Markus SPISS ,  Fred SCHINZEL ,  Adrian SAGER ,  Markus WOLF

IPC: B04B5/04 ,  B01L3/00 ,  B04B13/00

Abstract: A centrifugal processing unit for directing the movement of substances within a sample processing cartridge having a rotor for receiving the sample processing cartridge, a rotor drive to create a centrifugal force, the centrifugal processing unit having a pivot accommodation and a fix accommodation for receiving the sample processing cartridge that are arranged on the rotor, where each pivot accommodation being adapted to allow a free pivoting motion of the received sample processing cartridge about a respective pivot axis, and each pivot axis being orthogonal to the rotor axis to the respective force vector of the centrifugal force.

公开(公告)号：US20200143128A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-07

申请号：US16318076

申请日：2017-07-20

Applicant: TECAN TRADING AG

Inventor： MARKUS WOLF ,  Fred Schinzel ,  Jurg Schneider

IPC: G06K7/10 ,  G01N35/00 ,  G06K7/14

Abstract: An identification device for identifying identifiers on and/or features of laboratory objects and/or of samples located therein in conjunction with automated laboratory systems or facilities, for example, medical, chemical, or pharmaceutical analysis devices. Barcodes on sample containers, for example, sample tubes, reagent tubs, or microplates are used, for example, as identifiers. An optical recording unit and a mirror are used, the spacing is variable for the detection of laboratory objects, each at different distances, from a recording distance by the optical recording unit is within a depth of field of the optical recording unit. The mirror is used for imaging the laboratory object to be detected on the optical axis. The identification device is substantially simplified, more reliable, and more cost-effective in comparison to known devices that use a zoom lens together with an autofocus unit.

公开(公告)号：US10527550B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-07

申请号：US13800467

申请日：2013-03-13

Applicant: TECAN TRADING AG

Inventor： Harald Gebetsroither ,  Andreas Gfrorer ,  Juha Koota

IPC: G01N21/64

Abstract: A method for investigating biological cells or cell cultures in a microplate reader receives at least one microplate with wells containing biological cells or cell cultures by a receiving device; positions the wells with respect to measuring devices of the microplate reader and detects integral measurement signals by at least one of the measuring devices. The biological cells or cell cultures in the specific wells of the microplate(s) are transilluminated by an illumination source of the microplate reader and imaged by an imaging camera. Each of the detected integral signals is compared with the image of the biological cells or cell cultures in the corresponding wells of the microplate(s) by a processor and is related to the imaged number, adherence, confluence or morphology of these biological cells or cell cultures.

公开(公告)号：US20190336979A1

公开(公告)日：2019-11-07

申请号：US16393737

申请日：2019-04-24

Applicant: TECAN TRADING AG

Inventor： MARINA KNOPPKE

IPC: B01L9/00

Abstract: A storage box for plastic pipette tips that has a frame part with two longitudinal walls and two transverse walls that enclose an interior space laterally. The storage box has a support plate arranged on the upper side of the frame part with a large number of bearing openings that plastic pipette tips can be inserted. The storage box also includes a pipette tip contact piece on the underside of the frame part for contacting a plastic pipette tip inserted into one of the bearing openings.

公开(公告)号：US10309820B2

公开(公告)日：2019-06-04

申请号：US14806036

申请日：2015-07-22

Applicant: TECAN Trading AG

Inventor： Philipp Ott ,  Lars Kamm ,  Markus Schöni ,  Remo Keller ,  Paul Zbinden

IPC: G01N35/10 ,  G01F23/26 ,  G01F23/00

Abstract: A method and device for distinguishing between a contacting of foam (2) or of liquid (1) in a liquid container (5) of a device (100) by employing a capacitively operating measuring device (M) having a sensor (3) which can be moved up and down in the liquid container (5), in which at least one output signal (sout(t)) is processed by the measuring device (M).