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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 12163969 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024

Filed:

May. 24, 2021

Centering unit for diagnostic laboratory transporting compartment

Applicant:

Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);

Inventors:

Daniel Arnold, Rotkreuz, CH;

Fabian Wenzler, Neuenhof, CH;

Assignee:

Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);

Attorney:

Thomas E. Lees, LLC

Primary Examiner:

P Kathryn Wright

Assistant Examiner:

Curtis A Thompson

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B65G 47/24 (2006.01); B65G 47/244 (2006.01); G01N 35/04 (2006.01); B01L 9/06 (2006.01); B65G 43/08 (2006.01); G01N 1/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/02 (2006.01); G01N 35/10 (2006.01); G01N 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/0099 (2013.01); B25J 15/0038 (2013.01); B25J 15/0052 (2013.01); B65G 47/24 (2013.01); B65G 47/244 (2013.01); G01N 35/00613 (2013.01); G01N 35/04 (2013.01); B01L 9/06 (2013.01); B01L 2200/023 (2013.01); B01L 2200/025 (2013.01); B01L 2300/022 (2013.01); B65G 43/08 (2013.01); G01N 1/00 (2013.01); G01N 35/00 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00326 (2013.01); G01N 35/02 (2013.01); G01N 35/026 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0406 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0412 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0494 (2013.01); G01N 35/10 (2013.01); G01N 37/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A centering unit for diagnostics laboratory transporting compartment is presented. The centering unit for diagnostics laboratory transporting compartment comprises at least two arms with grippers for centering diagnostics laboratory transporting compartments of different diameters. For accurate and reliable centering of laboratory transporting compartments, the two arms are biased with a single elastic member. A laboratory system and a method for centering diagnostics laboratory transporting compartment and diagnostics laboratory transporting compartment holder are also disclosed.

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