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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventor:
Jonathan Baer, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/04 (2006.01); B65G 47/244 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); B65G 54/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/04 (2013.01); B65G 47/244 (2013.01); B65G 47/2445 (2013.01); B65G 54/02 (2013.01); B65G 54/025 (2013.01); G01N 35/00722 (2013.01); G01N 35/00732 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00752 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0475 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0477 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0482 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0489 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of rotating a sample container carrier on a transport plane of a laboratory sample distribution system is presented. The sample container carrier is rotated by using a movement relative to a number of rotator elements. A laboratory sample distribution system being able to perform such a method and a laboratory automation system comprising such a laboratory sample distribution system are also presented.