Switch for a conveying line for transporting a laboratory diagnostic vessel carrier

    公开(公告)号:US11204360B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-21

    申请号:US15995209

    申请日:2018-06-01

    Abstract: A switch for a conveying line for transporting a laboratory diagnostic vessel carrier is presented. The conveying line comprises a first line portion and a second line portion. The switch comprises a curved first guiding surface and a second guiding surface. The switch is moveable between a first position, in which the laboratory diagnostic vessel carrier is transportable along the curved first guiding surface from the first line portion to the second line portion, and a second position, in which the laboratory diagnostic vessel carrier is further transportable along the second guiding surface on the first line portion. A switch assembly and a conveying line are also disclosed.

    CENTERING UNIT FOR DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TRANSPORTING COMPARTMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20180292424A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-11

    申请号:US15947326

    申请日:2018-04-06

    Abstract: A centering unit for diagnostics laboratory transporting compartment is presented. The centering unit for diagnostics laboratory transporting compartment comprises at least two arms with grippers for centering diagnostics laboratory transporting compartments of different diameters. For accurate and reliable centering of laboratory transporting compartments, the two arms are biased with a single elastic member. A laboratory system and a method for centering diagnostics laboratory transporting compartment and diagnostics laboratory transporting compartment holder are also disclosed.

    CENTERING UNIT FOR DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TRANSPORTING COMPARTMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20210278425A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-09

    申请号:US17327847

    申请日:2021-05-24

    Abstract: A centering unit for diagnostics laboratory transporting compartment is presented. The centering unit for diagnostics laboratory transporting compartment comprises at least two arms with grippers for centering diagnostics laboratory transporting compartments of different diameters. For accurate and reliable centering of laboratory transporting compartments, the two arms are biased with a single elastic member. A laboratory system and a method for centering diagnostics laboratory transporting compartment and diagnostics laboratory transporting compartment holder are also disclosed.

    Laboratory sample distribution system and method of operating a laboratory sample distribution system

    公开(公告)号:US10989726B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-27

    申请号:US16201356

    申请日:2018-11-27

    Abstract: A laboratory sample distribution system comprising sample container carriers, a central controller having a network interface, and transport modules is presented. Each transport module comprises a transport surface, wherein the transport surfaces form a transport plane, a controllable driver arranged below the transport surface and configured to move sample container carriers on the transport surface, and a control unit for controlling the driver. The control unit comprises a network interface. The central controller and the control units of the transport modules are connected by their corresponding network interfaces. Each control unit comprises first and second addressing terminals. The addressing terminals are connected sequentially in a daisy chain topology. The first addressing terminal is the first control unit in the sequence and is connected to a first reference potential and the second addressing terminal is the last control unit in the sequence and is connected to a second reference potential.

    METHOD OF OPERATING AN ANALYTICAL LABORATORY

    公开(公告)号:US20200264200A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-20

    申请号:US16751767

    申请日:2020-01-24

    Abstract: A method of operating an analytical laboratory is disclosed. The method comprises receiving and identifying sample containers and sorting them into a sample rack, retrieving an order list A comprising test orders corresponding to the sample containers within the sample rack, determining an optimal transportation route for the sample rack based on the order list A, a set of constraints and an objective function, the optimal transportation route being indicative of a list and/or sequence of laboratory instrument(s) required to complete the order list A, re-determining the optimal transportation route upon a change of the constraint(s) and/or of the objective function, transporting the sample rack to one or more of the laboratory instruments according to the optimal transportation route by the sample transportation system, and processing the biological samples according to the corresponding test orders by the target laboratory instrument(s).

    LABORATORY SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING A LABORATORY SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20190094252A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-28

    申请号:US16201356

    申请日:2018-11-27

    Abstract: A laboratory sample distribution system comprising sample container carriers, a central controller having a network interface, and transport modules is presented. Each transport module comprises a transport surface, wherein the transport surfaces form a transport plane, a controllable driver arranged below the transport surface and configured to move sample container carriers on the transport surface, and a control unit for controlling the driver. The control unit comprises a network interface. The central controller and the control units of the transport modules are connected by their corresponding network interfaces. Each control unit comprises first and second addressing terminals. The addressing terminals are connected sequentially in a daisy chain topology. The first addressing terminal is the first control unit in the sequence and is connected to a first reference potential and the second addressing terminal is the last control unit in the sequence and is connected to a second reference potential.

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