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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2014
Qiagen Gmbh, Hilden, DE;
Andreas Schaefer, Leverkusen-Schlebusch, DE;
Thomas Voit, Hilden, DE;
Walter Tschopp, Buetscheil, CH;
Adrian Geiger, Zuzwil, CH;
Markus Zbinden, Engelburg, CH;
Harald Hibbing, Hamburg, DE;
Andreas Karl, Seeburg, DE;
Frank Eigemeier, Osterode-dorste, DE;
Volker Behrmann, Langwedel-Nindorf, DE;
Dietmar Kopp, Einbeck, DE;
Andreas Schmiede, Wermelskirchen, DE;
QIAGEN GMBH, Hilden, DE;
Abstract
A gripper unit for handling a vessel for receiving biological material is proposed, inter alia. The vessel has a lid which can assume an open position and a closed position. The gripper unit comprises a gripper for gripping and releasing the vessel, and a lid holder, for holding a lid in a defined position in relation to the vessel. The defined position is an open position of the lid.