US Patent Issued to ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS on March 4 for "Laboratory sample distribution system" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,906, issued on March 4, was assigned to ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS INC. (Indianapolis).

"Laboratory sample distribution system" was invented by Yin Cai (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laboratory sample distribution system is provided comprising a number of sample container carriers and a number of transport modules, wherein each transport module comprises: a transport surface, wherein the transport modules are arrangeable adjacent to one another in a row-direction and in a column-direction such that the transport surfaces of the transport modules together form a common transport surface, and controllable drive means being ...