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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2017
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Beat Jaeggi, Lucerne, CH;
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A device for lifting a sample tube comprising a holder having holding elements for holding a sample tube is presented. The holder is supported moveably in the vertical direction between a lower holder position and an upper holder position for lifting and lowering a held sample tube. A centering tool having a pair of centering jaws extending parallel to one another in a longitudinal direction is provided. By moving the holder into the upper position, a held sample tube is lifted into a position between the centering jaws. The centering jaws are moveable to approach each other relative to the lifted sample tube for centering the lifted sample tube with respect to a vertical central axis. A sample handling device and to laboratory automation system comprising a device for lifting a sample tube and/or a sample handling device are also presented.