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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2018
Aixinno Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Patrick Clemente Gilligan, Cambridge, GB;
Kenneth B. K. Teo, Cambridge, GB;
David Anthony Bullinaria, Cambridgeshire, GB;
AIXINNO LTD., Cambridge, GB;
Abstract
A module for an automated biology laboratory system includes a housing and a storage device located within the housing. The storage device has a plurality of plate slots for receiving microplates or lab-ware with a microplate footprint or containers. The laboratory system further includes a transfer slot to transfer the microplates or containers between an inside of the module and an outside of the module; indexing means to facilitate alignment of the transfer slot with a microplate transfer interface comprising an aperture of the housing; and connection means for fixedly connecting the transfer interface of the module to a transfer interface of an adjacent module.