公开(公告)号：US11167430B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-09

申请号：US16542617

申请日：2019-08-16

Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Jean-Claude Metzger ,  Thomas Meyer

IPC: B25J15/08 ,  G01N35/00 ,  B25J15/10

Abstract: A gripping device for handling sample containers is presented. The gripping device comprises a number of rigid fingers having non-gripping surfaces adapted to reduce adhesion between the non-gripping surfaces and labels. The number of rigid fingers collectively grip a sample container. Each finger comprises a gripping surface to contact the sample container while the sample container is gripped by the gripping device. The non-gripping surface of each finger is different from the gripping surface. The non-gripping surface of at least one of the fingers is at least partially corrugated. A sample container processing system comprising such a gripping device is also presented.