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US 2025/0083139 A1Published application
Method and a system for automated handling of pipettes
AssigneeTechvolver ApS
InventorsJakob Fjordgård SKJÆRLUND, Christian CARLSEN
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a method and a system for automated handling of a pipette. The system may include an identifying device for identifying the pipette, a robot being configured to perform a handling operation on the pipette, and a control unit. The control unit may be configured to obtain data related to the pipette from a database. The control unit may also be configured to obtain data from one or more of the identifying device and the robot.
Claims20
A method for automated pipette handling, comprising:
- identifying a pipette with an identifying device;
- obtaining data relating to the pipette logged on a database from the database with a control unit;
- performing an automated handling operation on the pipette with a robot;
- obtaining data for the automated handling operation from one or more of the identifying device and the robot with the control unit, wherein the control unit is configured to:
- process the data obtained in relation to the pipette and the data obtained for the automated handling operation, and
- compare the data obtained in relation to the pipette and the data obtained for the automated handling operation with existing historical data logged on the database;
- logging the data obtained in relation to the pipette and the data obtained for the automated handling operation;
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- controlling the automated handling operation with the control unit based on sending instructions to the robot that are based on the data relating to the pipette logged on the database, the data obtained for the handling operation logged on the database, and the existing historical data logged on the database,
- wherein the data obtained for the automated handling operation comprises a plurality of parameters, and
- wherein, in the automated handling operation, at least one of the plurality of parameters of the automated handling operation is varied, the at least one of the plurality of parameters being selected from the group comprising a temperature, a speed of displacement of the robot, a movement pattern of the robot, vibration patterns when handling the pipette, a force of a pressure applied on a plunger of the pipette, and a speed of the pressure applied on the plunger.
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A system for automated pipette handling comprising:
- an identifying device configured to identify a pipette;
- a robot being configured to perform an automated handling operation on the pipette;
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- a control unit, wherein the control unit is configured to:
- obtain data relating to the pipette from a database;
- obtain identification data for the pipette from the identifying device,
- obtain data relating to the automated handling operation from the robot;
- process one or more of the data obtained in relation to the pipette and the data relating to the automated handling operation;
- compare one or more of the data relating to the pipette and the data relating to the automated handling operation with existing historical data on the database;
- log one or more of the data relating to the pipette and the data relating to the automated handling operation to the database;
- and
- control the automated handling operation based on sending instructions to the robot that are based on one or more of the data relating to the pipette, the data relating to the automated handling operation, and the logged data,
- wherein the data relating to the automated handling operation comprises a plurality of parameters, and
- wherein, in the automated handling operation, at least one of the plurality of parameters of the automated handling operation is varied, the at least one of the plurality of parameters being selected from the group comprising a temperature, a speed of displacement of the robot, a movement pattern of the robot, vibration patterns when handling the pipette, a force of a pressure applied on a plunger of the pipette, and a speed of the pressure applied on the plunger.
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A non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising computer-readable code, the code comprising instructions executable by one or more processors of a device to cause the device to:
- identify a pipette with an identifying device;
- obtain data relating to the pipette from a database with a control unit;
- perform an automated handling operation on the pipette with a robot;
- obtain identification data for the pipette from the identifying device;
- obtain data relating to the automated handling operation from the robot with the control unit, wherein the control unit is configured to process one or more of the data relating to the pipette and the data relating to the automated handling operation, and wherein the processing comprises comparing one or more of the data relating to the pipette and the data relating to the automated handling operation with existing data on the database;
- log one or more of the data relating to the pipette and the data relating to the automated handling operation;
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- control the automated handling operation with the control unit based on sending instructions to the robot that are based on one or more of the data relating to the pipette, the data relating to the handling operation, and the logged data,
- wherein the data relating to the automated handling operation comprises a plurality of parameters, and
- wherein, in the automated handling operation, at least one of the plurality of parameters of the automated handling operation is varied, the at least one of the plurality of parameters being selected from the group comprising a temperature, a speed of displacement of the robot, a movement pattern of the robot, vibration patterns when handling the pipette, a force of a pressure applied on a plunger of the pipette, and a speed of the pressure applied on the plunger.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.