Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.

Roche Diagnostics Gmbh

F. Hoffmann-la Roche Ag

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Christian Marty

Markus Jeziorski

Bruno Koch

Joachim Lackner

Rolf Frey

Ueli Stettler

Fritz Goedl

Gottlieb Schacher

Rolf Schneebeli

Thomas Guggisberg

Markus Troxler

Urs Wittenwiler

Jan Simon Portmann

Jan Portmann

A system for dispensing vessels to an analyzer is disclosed. The system comprises a disc rotatable about an axis and comprising a groove, a drum arranged above and coupled to the disc to rotatable together about the axis, the drum comprising slots arranged along and around the axis, each slot comprising an input interface for stacking vessels in the slot and an output interface for dispensing the vessels, the output interface comprising a retainer, a crank translatable in a linear forwards and backwards direction orthogonal to the axis between a first, second, and third position. The crank comprises a pin for rotating the disc and bringing a slot into a dispensing position upon translation between the first and second position, the crank comprising an actuator pin for actuating the retainer in the dispensing position upon translation of the crank between the second and third position to dispense the vessels.

Vessel dispensing system

A compartment comprising at least one target area susceptible to condensed water formation includes at least one condensed water collector is presented. The condensed water collector comprises at least a first portion arranged to collect condensed water from the at least one target area and at least a second portion outside of the at least one target area. A porous material is arranged between the first portion and the second portion. The condensed water collector is configured to transport the collected condensed water. The compartment further including a condensed water remover configured to remove condensed water from the second portion thereby facilitating transportation of condensed water from the first portion to the second portion via the porous material.

Condensed water collector

A device for container storing is presented. The device comprises storage with at least one storing level including a pipetting storing level for fluid pipetting. Each storing level has storing positions having a container holder to detachably hold at least one container. A handler is movable with respect to the storage for transferring containers with respect to the storing positions. A storing position of the pipetting storing level includes a flat spring to bias a container against the container holder. The flat spring has a through hole to provide a pipette access to a lid of the container. A system for pipetting is also presented, comprising the device and a pipettor movable with respect to the pipetting storing level with at least one pipette for pipetting contained in a container stored in the pipetting storing level. The pipette has a pipette tip to penetrate a lid of the container.

Device for storing of fluid containers

A laboratory system for handling sample tube racks, an alignment element for sample tube racks and a rack tray receiver assembly are disclosed. The laboratory system to handle laboratory sample tube racks includes a robotic arm () with a gripper () for gripping primary racks (PR), the primary racks (PR) to be handled include a first end surface () and a second end surface (), the first end surface () having a first surface geometry and the second end surface () having a second surface geometry, and the gripper () includes a first gripping arm () and a second gripping arm (), with the first gripping arm () having a gripping surface being complementary to the first surface geometry, and the second gripping arm () having a gripping surface being complementary to the second surface geometry.

Laboratory system for handling sample tube racks, an alignment element for sample tube racks and a rack tray receiver assembly

A laboratory system for handling sample tube racks, an alignment element for sample tube racks and a rack tray receiver assembly are disclosed. The laboratory system to handle laboratory sample tube racks comprises a robotic arm () with a gripper () for gripping primary racks (PR), wherein the primary racks (PR) to be handled comprise a first end surface () and a second end surface (), the first end surface () having a first surface geometry and the second end surface () having a second surface geometry, and wherein the gripper () comprises a first gripping arm () and a second gripping arm (), with the first gripping arm () having a gripping surface being complementary to the first surface geometry, and the second gripping arm () having a gripping surface being complementary to the second surface geometry.

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Steinhausen, Switzerland

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