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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2006
Applicant:
Rolf Sigrist, Vitznau, CH;
Inventor:
Rolf Sigrist, Vitznau, CH;
Assignee:
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for determining a reference position for a pipetting needle which is part of an automatic analytical apparatus that includes a rotatable conveyor, conveyor driving means, an automatic pipetting unit having a needle transport device, excenter mechanism, a level detection means, and a reference member for determining a reference position.