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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventor:
Christian Riether, Muehltal, DE;
Assignee:
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/04 (2006.01); B65G 51/28 (2006.01); B65G 51/30 (2006.01); B65G 54/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/04 (2013.01); B65G 51/28 (2013.01); B65G 51/30 (2013.01); B65G 54/02 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0401 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0406 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0465 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0477 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0481 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dispatching device for dispatching sample containers received in respective sample container carriers from a transport surface to an external position and/or from the external position to the transport surface is presented. The dispatching device has a tube and a capsule, a conveying surface with an electromagnetic actuator being formed in the capsule. A sample distribution system with such a dispatching device and a laboratory automation system with such a sample distribution system are also presented.