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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2009
Applicants:
Heinz Trueeb, Hochdorf, CH;
Armin Birrer, Steinhausen, CH;
Thomas Brauner, Zurich, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Roche Molecular Systems, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 13/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Devices and methods for the identification of test tubes in a test tube rack having a RFID chip, and including an antenna structure elements for wireless coupling with the RFID chip, such that the location of the RFID chip determines the orientation of the test tube rack and the position of the test tube, and coupling of the RFID chips attached to the test tube racks is independent of the direction of insertion of the test tube rack.