公开(公告)号：USD921223S1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-01

申请号：US29686320

申请日：2019-04-03

Applicant: TECAN TRADING AG

Designer： Christophe Apotheloz

公开(公告)号：US20210025906A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-28

申请号：US16926900

申请日：2020-07-13

Applicant: TECAN TRADING AG

Inventor： Ronan LEBOUDEC

IPC: G01N35/00 ,  G01N35/10 ,  G05B19/042 ,  G06K9/00

Abstract: A method for generating a control program for a laboratory automation device includes: receiving video data displaying a work area of a laboratory assistant, the work area containing a hand-held pipette and containers for receiving a liquid; detecting openings of the containers in the video data and determining positions of the openings; detecting a pipette tip of the hand-held pipette in the video data and determining a movement of the tip; and generating the control program for the laboratory automation device from the movement of the pipette tip with respect to the positions of the openings, wherein the control program is adapted for moving a pipetting arm with a robot pipette of the laboratory automation device with respect to containers of the laboratory automation device accordingly to the movement of the hand-held pipette in the work area.

公开(公告)号：US20200171512A1

公开(公告)日：2020-06-04

申请号：US16624146

申请日：2018-05-16

Applicant: TECAN TRADING AG

Inventor： Markus SPISS ,  Fred SCHINZEL ,  Adrian SAGER ,  Markus WOLF

IPC: B04B5/04 ,  B01L3/00 ,  B04B13/00

Abstract: A centrifugal processing unit for directing the movement of substances within a sample processing cartridge having a rotor for receiving the sample processing cartridge, a rotor drive to create a centrifugal force, the centrifugal processing unit having a pivot accommodation and a fix accommodation for receiving the sample processing cartridge that are arranged on the rotor, where each pivot accommodation being adapted to allow a free pivoting motion of the received sample processing cartridge about a respective pivot axis, and each pivot axis being orthogonal to the rotor axis to the respective force vector of the centrifugal force.

公开(公告)号：US20200143128A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-07

申请号：US16318076

申请日：2017-07-20

Applicant: TECAN TRADING AG

Inventor： MARKUS WOLF ,  Fred Schinzel ,  Jurg Schneider

IPC: G06K7/10 ,  G01N35/00 ,  G06K7/14

Abstract: An identification device for identifying identifiers on and/or features of laboratory objects and/or of samples located therein in conjunction with automated laboratory systems or facilities, for example, medical, chemical, or pharmaceutical analysis devices. Barcodes on sample containers, for example, sample tubes, reagent tubs, or microplates are used, for example, as identifiers. An optical recording unit and a mirror are used, the spacing is variable for the detection of laboratory objects, each at different distances, from a recording distance by the optical recording unit is within a depth of field of the optical recording unit. The mirror is used for imaging the laboratory object to be detected on the optical axis. The identification device is substantially simplified, more reliable, and more cost-effective in comparison to known devices that use a zoom lens together with an autofocus unit.

公开(公告)号：US10527550B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-07

申请号：US13800467

申请日：2013-03-13

Applicant: TECAN TRADING AG

Inventor： Harald Gebetsroither ,  Andreas Gfrorer ,  Juha Koota

IPC: G01N21/64

Abstract: A method for investigating biological cells or cell cultures in a microplate reader receives at least one microplate with wells containing biological cells or cell cultures by a receiving device; positions the wells with respect to measuring devices of the microplate reader and detects integral measurement signals by at least one of the measuring devices. The biological cells or cell cultures in the specific wells of the microplate(s) are transilluminated by an illumination source of the microplate reader and imaged by an imaging camera. Each of the detected integral signals is compared with the image of the biological cells or cell cultures in the corresponding wells of the microplate(s) by a processor and is related to the imaged number, adherence, confluence or morphology of these biological cells or cell cultures.

公开(公告)号：US20190391173A1

公开(公告)日：2019-12-26

申请号：US16416496

申请日：2019-05-20

Applicant: TECAN TRADING AG

Inventor： Beat BOLLI

IPC: G01N35/10

Abstract: The present invention defines a positioning assembly including a base part (110) and a holder part (120) for holding a device, whereby the assembly further includes a motor (160) for driving a displacement mechanism (150) mounted to the base part. The base part and the holder part are arranged parallel to each other and are connected via a displaceable slide link (140), which is configured to slide on a first guide rail (111) provided on the base part and on a second guide rail (122) provided on the holder part, whereby each guide rail extends in longitudinal direction (z). The slide link (140) is coupled to the displacement mechanism (150), which causes displacement of the slide link relative to the base part in longitudinal direction. Furthermore, the holder part (120) is moveably coupled to the base part (110) via a coupling arrangement which has a first element (115) provided on the base part, a second element (125) provided on the holder part and a third element provided on the slide link (140). The first, second and third elements of the coupling arrangement are configured to engage with each other such that linear displacement of the slide link (140) relative to the base part (110) in one direction causes linear displacement of the holder part (120) relative to the slide link in the same linear direction.

公开(公告)号：US20190336979A1

公开(公告)日：2019-11-07

申请号：US16393737

申请日：2019-04-24

Applicant: TECAN TRADING AG

Inventor： MARINA KNOPPKE

IPC: B01L9/00

Abstract: A storage box for plastic pipette tips that has a frame part with two longitudinal walls and two transverse walls that enclose an interior space laterally. The storage box has a support plate arranged on the upper side of the frame part with a large number of bearing openings that plastic pipette tips can be inserted. The storage box also includes a pipette tip contact piece on the underside of the frame part for contacting a plastic pipette tip inserted into one of the bearing openings.

公开(公告)号：US10309820B2

公开(公告)日：2019-06-04

申请号：US14806036

申请日：2015-07-22

Applicant: TECAN Trading AG

Inventor： Philipp Ott ,  Lars Kamm ,  Markus Schöni ,  Remo Keller ,  Paul Zbinden

IPC: G01N35/10 ,  G01F23/26 ,  G01F23/00

Abstract: A method and device for distinguishing between a contacting of foam (2) or of liquid (1) in a liquid container (5) of a device (100) by employing a capacitively operating measuring device (M) having a sensor (3) which can be moved up and down in the liquid container (5), in which at least one output signal (sout(t)) is processed by the measuring device (M).

公开(公告)号：US20190143317A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-16

申请号：US16308783

申请日：2017-07-21

Applicant: TECAN TRADING AG

Inventor： Philipp OTT ,  Matthias DZUNG ,  Martin KUSTER

IPC: B01L3/02 ,  G01D5/241 ,  G01N35/00 ,  G01N35/10

Abstract: The invention concerns pipette tips for connecting to a pipette tube of a pipetting device are used for taking up and discharging fluids. The pipette tip is in the shape of an elongated tube forming a pipette body that has an opening at one end and is designed for connecting to the pipette tube at the other end. The pipette tip has a first electrode as a volume measuring electrode of a measuring capacitor and a second electrode as an immersion detector electrode. The first electrode is located on an outer surface of the pipette body or is embedded in the pipette body, and the second electrode is located at least partially on an inner surface of the pipette body.

公开(公告)号：US20180376048A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-27

申请号：US16015363

申请日：2018-06-22

Applicant: TECAN TRADING AG

Inventor： Markus SCHÜRF ,  Frank MÜNCHOW ,  Christian OBERDANNER ,  Alexander KASER

IPC: H04N5/235 ,  H04N5/232 ,  H04N5/265

Abstract: An imaging system and method are provided in which a well of a microplate 050 is imaged by a camera 110 comprising magnification optics 112. The camera is controlled to acquire a series of images of the well with different exposures. The series of images comprise a base image with a base exposure and at least one further image with a larger exposure than the base exposure. The series of images are then merged into an output image which comprises in a center region of the well image content from the base image and at a peripheral region of the well image content from the at least one further image. Advantageously, the output image may allow for better assaying or analysis of the samples in the well than any of the individual images.