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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2016
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Walter Berberich, Kirchheim/Teck, DE;
Julian Baumgart, Backnang, DE;
Richard-Paul Daisley, Stuttgart, DE;
Dominik Strzempek, Kernen, DE;
Stefan Soentges, Stuttgart, DE;
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A device and method for handling racks of disposable pipette tips in a laboratory automation system are presented. The device comprises a guide rail for guiding racks from a loading region (I) to a supply region (II). The loading region (I) is accessible by a user or a loading device for loading a rack on the guide rail. A plurality of disposable pipette tips stored in a supplying rack located in the supply region (II) is accessible by a delivering device for delivering at least one selected one of the plurality of disposable pipette tips to a pipetting system. The device comprises at least one moveable element, which is controllably moveable by a driving device for selectively enabling or disabling a removal of the supplying rack from the supply region (II). A laboratory automation system comprising such a device and/or for carrying out the method are also presented.
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