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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2015
Applicant:
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventor:
Achim Sinz, Waiblingen, DE;
Assignee:
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 54/02 (2006.01); G01D 18/00 (2006.01); G01D 5/14 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 18/00 (2013.01); B65G 54/02 (2013.01); G01D 5/145 (2013.01); G01N 35/00 (2013.01); G01N 35/04 (2013.01); G01R 33/0035 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0477 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0493 (2013.01);
Abstract
A laboratory sample distribution system comprising a calibration device, a calibration device and a method for calibrating magnetic sensors are disclosed. Magnetic sensors used in a laboratory sample distribution system are calibrated in order to optimize driving of sample container carriers and in order to detect long-term variation in detection characteristics of the magnetic sensors.