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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventor:
Christoph Pedain, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/04 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/00871 (2013.01); G01N 35/04 (2013.01); G05D 1/0297 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00772 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00792 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0489 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0491 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0493 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0206 (2013.01);
Abstract
A laboratory sample distribution system and a laboratory automation system comprising such a laboratory sample distribution system are presented. The laboratory sample distribution system comprises a number of sample container carriers adapted to move autonomously and to communicate with each other and with a central control unit.