A LABORATORY SYSTEM OR DEVICE WITH IMPROVED SECURITY FEATURES AND A METHOD FOR IMPROVING SECURITY IN A LABORATORY SYSTEM OR DEVICE

• Main Authors: DOBRZYNSKI, Michal Karol, VICENTE LEITAO, Ivo Daniel, FEDERER, Paul, VOLLENWEIDER, Stefan
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 25.09.2024
• Subjects: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; PHYSICS; TESTING

A method for increasing operational security of a laboratory system or device comprising: a reagent storage area (1) comprising at least two reagent drawers (2, 3) mounted slidably along a first axis Y between an open position (O) and a closed position (C) and arranged stacked with respect to a second axis Z perpendicular to the first axis Y, and having each a position sensor (P2, P3) for determining the closed position (C) of the respective reagent drawer (2, 3), at least one robotic handler head (4) movably arranged in the reagent storage area at least along the first axis Y and the second axis Z a control unit (5) configured to control the operation of the robotic handler head (4) and connected to the position sensors (P2, P3), the method comprising the steps of defining for each reagent drawer (2, 3) a first forbidden zone along the first axis Y (Y) and a second forbidden along the second axis Z (Z2, Z3), determining by means of the position sensors (P2, P3) if the reagent storage drawers (2, 3) are in the closed position (C), and control the operation of the handler head (4).