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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2014
Stratec Biomedical Ag, Birkenfeld, DE;
Stephan Habrich, Birkenfeld, DE;
Martin Trump, Birkenfeld, DE;
STRATEC SE, Birkenfeld, DE;
Abstract
A laboratory module for storing and providing access to a plurality of samples, the laboratory module comprising a plurality of bays comprising a plurality of guiding rails and a plurality of rack tray bays for accommodating a plurality of rack trays, and a transport chamber for transporting at least one sample rack to a storage location and for delivering at least one sample rack at predetermined times to a processing system. The transport chamber is adapted to align with any one of the plurality of guiding rails, comprised in the bays and in the rack trays, for placing and moving on the guiding rails the at least one sample rack, and a sensor for sensing the presence and location of a sample rack on any one of the guiding rails, and a barcode scanner that identifies the sample rack and a storage device for storing data.