公开(公告)号：US20250050348A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-13

申请号：US18723657

申请日：2021-12-28

Applicant: TECAN TRADING AG

Inventor： Onur PEHLIVAN ,  Michael VAN DER STAAY ,  Fred SCHINZEL

IPC: B01L7/00

Abstract: A cooling module for receiving a plurality of containers has a housing that includes at least one opening, a cooling block arranged into the housing, at least one compartment for receiving the containers via the opening, and at least one cover for covering the opening against the exterior.

公开(公告)号：US20250018385A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-16

申请号：US18897942

申请日：2024-09-26

Applicant: TECAN TRADING AG

Inventor： Roland WURGLER ,  Peter KUMMERLI ,  Dominic ERB ,  Paul TANASESCU

IPC: B01L3/02

Abstract: A hollow needle for piercing a closure of a sample vessel, wherein the hollow needle has a cylindrical hollow profile extending along a longitudinal axis and having a tip at a first end thereof, where the hollow needle has a first section that has a tip and a second section that has a larger diameter than the first section, and a transition between the first section and the second section has at least one cutting edge that extends from the first section to the second section.

公开(公告)号：US20240418611A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-19

申请号：US18723218

申请日：2022-12-22

Applicant: TECAN TRADING AG

Inventor： Philipp OTT ,  Patrick KINNEY ,  Adrian SAGER

IPC: G01N1/31

Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a method for detaching tissue from a tissue section on a tissue slide. The method may include applying a 3D printed mask on top of the tissue section, the mask comprising barriers that define a cavity surrounding an area of interest on the tissue section, the cavity being open at a side facing the area of interest on the tissue section, dispensing a detaching liquid to the cavity, and allowing the detaching liquid to detach tissue at the area of interest, and aspirating the detaching liquid with the detached tissue from the cavity, and forwarding the liquid for further processing.

公开(公告)号：US20240252997A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-01

申请号：US18603768

申请日：2024-03-13

Applicant: TECAN TRADING AG

Inventor： Dominic ERB ,  Philipp RIEDEL ,  Christian STREBEL ,  Gero FEHR ,  Klaus LUN ,  Christoph KARTHAUS

IPC: B01F31/23 ,  B01F31/20 ,  B01F35/221 ,  B01F35/32 ,  B01F101/23

CPC classification number: B01F31/23 ,  B01F31/201 ,  B01F35/221422 ,  B01F35/325 ,  B01F2101/23

Abstract: A mixing apparatus containing a drive unit having a drive and a shaft that is pivotable about a pivot axis and is operatively connected to the drive. A pivotable receptacle is arranged on the shaft, where the pivot axis is oriented essentially horizontally, and the pivotable receptacle has a base plate and at least one retainer spaced therefrom, and the pivotable receptacle is configured in such a way that holders for containers can be inserted between the base plate and the at least one retainer in the direction of the pivot axis.

公开(公告)号：US12048936B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-30

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

CPC classification number: B04B5/0421 ,  B01L3/502 ,  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：US20240201209A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-20

申请号：US18543685

申请日：2023-12-18

Applicant: Tecan Trading AG

Inventor： Michael Keller ,  Christina Bauer ,  Guido Schuster ,  Simon Walser

IPC: G01N35/00

CPC classification number: G01N35/00623 ,  G01N2035/00653

Abstract: A method for classifying a specific pipetting procedure of a laboratory automation device comprises: determining a plurality of pressure curves of a plurality of pipetting procedures, which are equivalent to the specific pipetting procedure; determining a median curve from the plurality of pressure curves, wherein for each time point of the median curve, a median value of the values of the plurality of pressure curves at this time point is calculated; determining a median curve range containing the median curve; controlling the laboratory automation device to perform the specific pipetting procedure and measuring a specific pressure curve during the specific pipetting procedure; determining a deviation value of the specific pressure curve with respect to the median curve range, wherein the deviation value is indicative of the specific pressure curve leaving the median range; and classifying the specific pipetting procedure as erroneous, when the deviation value is greater than a threshold.

公开(公告)号：US11951482B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-09

申请号：US17559362

申请日：2021-12-22

Applicant: TECAN TRADING AG

Inventor： Patrick Kinney ,  Tiffany Ding (Lay) ,  Manjeet Dhindsa ,  Daniel Tran ,  Jennifer Ji ,  Sujata Iyer ,  Tin Ngo

IPC: B01L3/00

CPC classification number: B01L3/502792 ,  B01L2400/0427

Abstract: A cartridge, in particular a disposable cartridge, for use in an electrowetting sample processing system. The cartridge has a liquid input port for introducing an input liquid into an internal gap of the cartridge, the input liquid providing for at least one droplet, directly or via a liquid separation process within the internal gap, and the internal gap having at least one hydrophobic surface, at least one processing zone for processing samples located in the processing zone, and a delivery zone for delivering the at least one droplet from the liquid input port to the at least one processing zone. The delivery zone is configured to provide a repeating pattern of interacting electrowetting force for simultaneously transporting the at least one droplet within the delivery zone.

公开(公告)号：USD1021135S1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-02

申请号：US29840572

申请日：2022-05-31

Applicant: Tecan Trading AG

Designer： Sven Pflumm ,  Jan Beeli

Abstract: FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a tray for pipetting tips according to our new design;
FIG. 2 is a bottom perspective view thereof;
FIG. 3 is another bottom perspective view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a left side elevation view thereof;
FIG. 7 is a right side elevation view thereof;
FIG. 8 is a rear elevation view thereof; and,
FIG. 9 is a front elevation view thereof.

公开(公告)号：US11940457B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-26

申请号：US17524217

申请日：2021-11-11

Applicant: TECAN TRADING AG

Inventor： Thomas Geiges

IPC: B01L3/02 ,  B01L9/00 ,  B25J18/00 ,  G01N35/00 ,  G01N35/10 ,  H01H1/40 ,  H01H3/16

CPC classification number: G01N35/0099 ,  B01L3/021 ,  B01L9/54 ,  B25J18/00 ,  B01L2300/0645 ,  B01L2300/0663 ,  B01L2300/12 ,  B01L2300/123 ,  B01L2300/126 ,  G01N2035/1013

Abstract: A robotic arm of an automated pipetting system has a pipetting tip adapter and a slide switch to detect the presence of pipetting tips on the pipetting tip adapter is disclosed. The slide switch has first support member and second support member configured to slide relative to one another between first and second positions along a movement axis, an electrically conducting contact pad arranged on the first support member, an electrically conducting terminal physically attached to second support member in physical contact with the contact pad when support members are in first position, where the terminal is a first resilient wiping member expanding along the movement axis, first wiping member is not in physical contact with the contact pad when support members are in second position, and an electric current can flow between first wiping member and the contact pad when support members are in first position.

公开(公告)号：US11878304B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-23

申请号：US17558764

申请日：2021-12-22

Applicant: TECAN TRADING AG

Inventor： Marina Knoppke ,  Sven Pflumm ,  Claudio Bohli

IPC: B01L9/00

CPC classification number: B01L9/543 ,  B01L2200/08 ,  B01L2200/12 ,  B01L2300/12

Abstract: A receiving frame for a support plate for pipette tips that is formed from two opposing longitudinal walls and two opposing transverse walls, each has an upper side and a lower side and laterally enclose an interior space is disclosed. The upper sides of the longitudinal walls and transverse walls together form a circumferential support surface on which a support plate for pipette tips can be reversibly placed. The receiving frame has a footprint on the lower side of the longitudinal walls and the transverse walls.