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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2026
Filed:
May. 14, 2018
Eppendorf SE, Hamburg, DE;
Gregor Bechmann, Hamburg, DE;
Steffen Buller, Hamburg, DE;
Andreas Graff, Hamburg, DE;
Cristoph Jolie, Hamburg, DE;
Hauke Maltzen, Hamburg, DE;
Sören Mensch, Hamburg, DE;
Martin Stranzinger, Hamburg, DE;
Lutz Timmann, Hamburg, DE;
Wolf Wente, Hamburg, DE;
Thomas Uschkureit, Hamburg, DE;
EPPENDORF SE, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a laboratory instrument for working on laboratory samples, and a network instrument insertable inside a working chamber of the laboratory instrument. The laboratory instrument comprises a working chamber for housing the laboratory sam-ples, a network interface apparatus for providing a network connection capable of ex-changing data for the at least one network instrument, when the same is arranged and installed in an installed position inside the working chamber, the network interface appa-ratus comprising a communication apparatus being arranged outside the working cham-ber and providing the network connection, and a connector apparatus including at least one first connector for connecting with the network instrument, the at least one first con-nector being arranged facing the inside of the working chamber and being connected with the communication apparatus for allowing the data exchange.