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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2019
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Jean-Claude Metzger, Uitikon, CH;
Thomas Meyer, Walchwil, CH;
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A gripping device for handling sample containers is presented. The gripping device comprises a number of rigid fingers having non-gripping surfaces adapted to reduce adhesion between the non-gripping surfaces and labels. The number of rigid fingers collectively grip a sample container. Each finger comprises a gripping surface to contact the sample container while the sample container is gripped by the gripping device. The non-gripping surface of each finger is different from the gripping surface. The non-gripping surface of at least one of the fingers is at least partially corrugated. A sample container processing system comprising such a gripping device is also presented.