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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2021
Beckman Coulter, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Chuan Lin, Suzhou, CN;
Liang Zhao, Suzhou, CN;
BECKMAN COULTER, INC., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A sample rack recovery method after an accidental interruption of operation of a sample rack manipulation device (), a sample rack manipulation device () capable of performing the method, an automatic detection system () comprising the device (), and a computer-readable medium in which a program for executing the method is stored. The device () comprises a conveying device () adapted to move in a transport area (TB) to convey a sample rack () between a loading/unloading area (TA), sampling areas (TD, TE) and a buffer area (TC). The method comprises: a conveying device detection step of detecting the state of a conveying device (); a sample rack detection step of detecting the position of a sample rack () in a sample rack manipulation device (); and a sample rack recovery step of conveying the sample rack () to a loading/unloading area (TA) by the conveying device () according to the detection results of the conveying device () and the sample rack ().