Abstract: An installation for handling and storing biological samples at very low temperatures includes a cartesian robot and an articulated-arm robot having at least five degrees of freedom. A biobank which uses, working jointly, a five-axis or six-axis or seven-axis robot supported by a cartesian robot which moves the five-axis or six-axis robot translationally along at least one row of storage containers, advantageously cryogenic containers each incorporating storage columns or racks with a honeycomb structure, of which the cells are able to house individual sample containers.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 6, 2020
Date of Patent:
January 14, 2025
Assignee:
IRELEC
Inventors:
Aymeric Cunrath, Eric Decolin, Vincent Diserbo, Guillaume Hebert, Alain Michel, Thierry Munsch
Abstract: An installation for handling and storing biological samples at very low temperatures includes a cartesian robot and an articulated-arm robot having at least five degrees of freedom. A biobank which uses, working jointly, a five-axis or six-axis or seven-axis robot supported by a cartesian robot which moves the five-axis or six-axis robot translationally along at least one row of storage containers, advantageously cryogenic containers each incorporating storage columns or racks with a honeycomb structure, of which the cells are able to house individual sample containers.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 6, 2020
Publication date:
July 11, 2024
Applicant:
IRELEC
Inventors:
Aymeric CUNRATH, Eric DECOLIN, Vincent DISERBO, Guillaume HEBERT, Alain MICHEL, Thierry MUNSCH
Abstract: An installation for handling and storing biological samples at very low temperatures includes a cartesian robot and an articulated-arm robot having at least five degrees of freedom. A biobank which uses, working jointly, a five-axis or six-axis or seven-axis robot supported by a cartesian robot which moves the five-axis or six-axis robot translationally along at least one row of storage containers, advantageously cryogenic containers each incorporating storage columns or racks with a honeycomb structure, of which the cells are able to house individual sample containers.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 5, 2020
Publication date:
April 25, 2024
Applicant:
IRELEC
Inventors:
Aymeric CUNRATH, Eric DECOLIN, Vincent DISERBO, Guillaume HEBERT, Alain MICHEL, Thierry MUNSCH
Abstract: The invention essentially consists in advantageously using and arranging at least one robot (8) relative to one or more storage recipients (4) and a transfer station (5) for transferring the containers to the unit in such a way as to take advantage of the flexibility of movement and grip offered by the arm or arms of the robot or robots and its/their gripping member, in order to automate all of the operations carried out manually by an operator in conventional biobanks.
Abstract: The invention essentially consists in advantageously using and arranging at least one robot (8) relative to one or more storage recipients (4) and a transfer station (5) for transferring the containers to the unit in such a way as to take advantage of the flexibility of movement and grip offered by the arm or arms of the robot or robots and its/their gripping member, in order to automate all of the operations carried out manually by an operator in conventional biobanks.