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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2016
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Hitachi High-technologies Corporation, Minato-ku, JP;
Stephan Sattler, Starnberg, DE;
Yusuke Minemura, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Takuya Yamaguchi, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC., Indianapolis, IN (US);
HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A reagent container carrier structure for holding at least one reagent container, wherein the carrier structure has thereon an RFID assembly and an optically detectable definition pattern defining an orientation of the carrier structure, is disclosed. The reagent container carrier structure may have an orientation identification label that has a front surface and a back surface, and further include an RFID assembly positioned on the back surface, and an optically detectable definition pattern defining an orientation of the label on the front surface. A reader module for reading RFID data in combination with optically detectable data defining an orientation of a respective label is also disclosed.