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US 12,007,402 B2Granted
Laboratory sample container carrier cleaning apparatus and laboratory sample distribution system
AssigneeRoche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
InventorChristopher William Bates
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Abstract
A laboratory sample container carrier cleaning apparatus is provided comprising a revolving device, being adapted to move a sample container carrier supplied to the revolving device along a circular path, and a cleaning device, being adapted to clean the sample container carrier being moved along the circular path.
Claims10
A laboratory sample container carrier cleaning apparatus, comprising:
- a revolving device configured to move a sample container carrier supplied to the revolving device along a circular path;
- a cleaning device, configured to clean the sample container carrier being moved along the circular path;
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- a driving surface, wherein the revolving device is configured to push the sample container carrier supplied to the revolving device on top of the driving surface along the circular path,
- wherein the driving surface comprises at least one opening, and
- wherein the cleaning device is adapted to clean a bottom surface of the sample container carrier being placed above the at least one opening, the cleaning device comprising a vacuum pump configured to provide a negative pressure in a volume below the at least one opening.
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