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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2017
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Urs Vollenweider, Waedenswil, CH;
Gottlieb Schacher, Kriens, CH;
Goran Savatic, Cham, CH;
Marco Maetzler, Belmont, CA (US);
Christoph Ludwig, Rotkeuz, CH;
Christian Loewenstein, Zurich, CH;
Yves Laloux, Cham, CH;
Rik Harbers, Cham, CH;
Matthias Edelmann, Fellbach, DE;
Andreas Drechsler, Baar, CH;
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A storage module for a laboratory automation system, a method of operating a laboratory automation system, and a laboratory automation system are presented. Items used by laboratory stations are stored centrally in a storage module and can be transported to the laboratory stations using a laboratory sample distribution system.