Pipette check station
AssigneeMettler-Toledo Rainin, LLC
InventorsGerhard Keller, Richard Hill, Deryl Stanley, James Petrek, Murray Anderson
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Abstract
A pipette check station for checking the calibration or service status of a pipette includes an RFID reader, a user interface with a display and buttons, and a digital interface to connect the check station to additional equipment; the check station optionally further includes provisions to hold pipettes for storage and to charge electronic pipettes held thereupon.
Claims22
A pipette check station for reading a service or calibration status of at least one item of hand-holdable laboratory equipment having a data storage facility, the pipette check station comprising:
- at least one antenna configured to read at least one date from the data storage facility when the item is placed on the check station;
- a data processing unit programmed to calculate a difference between the at least one date and a current date;
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- a visual indicator configured to present one of a plurality of status indications based on the difference between the at least one date and the current date.
A method for checking a service or calibration status of at least one item of hand-holdable laboratory equipment using a check station, the method comprising the steps of:
- scanning a position associated with the check station to read a data storage facility of the item of laboratory equipment;
- querying at least one date from the data storage facility;
- calculating a difference between the at least one date and a current date;
- presenting a visual service or calibration status indicator on the check station to a user, wherein the visual service or calibration status indicator is representative of the difference.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.