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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
May. 11, 2012
Thomas Moix, Lausanne, CH;
Guillaume Ding, Fribourg, CH;
Michael Eberhardt, Munich, DE;
Martin Mueller, Schliersee-Neuhaus, DE;
Sebastian Wiessner, Stephanskirchen, DE;
Jurjen Zoethout, La Sarraz, CH;
Thomas Moix, Lausanne, CH;
Guillaume Ding, Fribourg, CH;
Michael Eberhardt, Munich, DE;
Martin Mueller, Schliersee-Neuhaus, DE;
Sebastian Wiessner, Stephanskirchen, DE;
Jurjen Zoethout, La Sarraz, CH;
Beckman Coulter, Inc., Brea, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention concerns a laboratory product transport element for a laboratory transport system with an energy receiver and/or energy accumulator to provide drive power, at least one signal receiver to receive control signals, a control unit to generate drive signals as a function of at least one control signal obtained from the at least one signal receiver, movement devices for independent movement of the laboratory product transport element on a transfer path as a function of the drive signals of the control unit, in which the drive devices are driven by the drive power and at least one holder to hold a laboratory product being transported. The invention also concerns a laboratory transport system with at least one laboratory product transport element according to an embodiment of the invention and a transfer path arrangement. The invention also concerns methods for operation of laboratory transport systems according to an embodiment of the invention.