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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2011
Applicants:
Renato Belz, Rothenburg, CH;
Christian Thalmann, Kehrsiten, CH;
Inventors:
Renato Belz, Rothenburg, CH;
Christian Thalmann, Kehrsiten, CH;
Assignee:
Roche Molecular Systems, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/02 (2006.01); B01L 9/00 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 9/523 (2013.01); B01L 3/50255 (2013.01); B01L 2200/025 (2013.01); B01L 2300/021 (2013.01); B01L 2300/044 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0829 (2013.01); Y10T 436/113332 (2015.01);
Abstract
A cassette is described which can hold at least two multiwell plates. The cassette comprising the multiwell plates can be loaded into a stacker of an automated analytical apparatus. While the stacker holds down the cassette, a lift pushes the multiwell plates upwards to make them accessible to a handler which can engage and transport the multiwell plates to a plate holder in the working area of the analytical apparatus.