Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for the transfer of a liquid container with the aid of a clamping gripper in an automated analyzer. For this purpose, the clamping gripper has a controllable expansion device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for the transfer of a liquid container with the aid of a clamping gripper in an automated analyzer. For this purpose, the clamping gripper has a controllable expansion device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting contact of a pipetting needle in an in vitro diagnostic system. To this end, the pipetting needle, in an advantageous embodiment of the invention, should be cyclically charged by an electric voltage or current applied between the pipetting needle and a reference potential and discharged again by a subsequent electric connection between the pipetting needle and the reference potential. A characteristic variable for the current capacitance between the pipetting needle and the reference potential should be established from a number of measured values detected during the charging and/or discharging. A temporal curve of the characteristic variable should be monitored continuously based on a number of predetermined criteria and a contact signal should be generated if the predetermined criteria are satisfied.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pipetting device for automatic analysis instruments and a method for heating a volume of liquid in a heated pipetting needle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting contact of a pipetting needle in an in vitro diagnostic system. To this end, the pipetting needle, in an advantageous embodiment of the invention, should be cyclically charged by an electric voltage or current applied between the pipetting needle and a reference potential and discharged again by a subsequent electric connection between the pipetting needle and the reference potential. A characteristic variable for the current capacitance between the pipetting needle and the reference potential should be established from a number of measured values detected during the charging and/or discharging. A temporal curve of the characteristic variable should be monitored continuously based on a number of predetermined criteria and a contact signal should be generated if the predetermined criteria are satisfied.

Abstract: The invention relates to an adjustment system (3) for a transfer system (1) in an in-vitro diagnostics system. The adjustment system comprises a contact element (4), which is arranged on a movable element (2) of the transfer system (1). The contact element (4) is arranged on the movable element (2) by means of a joint element (5), wherein the joint element (5) has a self-resetting design and wherein a distance measuring sensor (7, 8) is associated with a distance between the contact element (4) and the movable element (2). The adjustment system enables a quick automated adjustment.

Abstract: A device and a process for mixing a liquid sample in an automated analysis instrument comprises a support arm, a holder for a liquid container, a flexible intermediate element, arranged between the support arm and the holder for the liquid container, a shaking apparatus, and a coupling apparatus arranged on the holder for the liquid container, wherein the coupling apparatus can establish a detachable connection between the shaking apparatus and the holder for the liquid container.

Abstract: The invention relates to an adjustment system (3) for a transfer system (1) in an in-vitro diagnostics system. The adjustment system comprises a contact element (4), which is arranged on a movable element (2) of the transfer system (1). The contact element (4) is arranged on the movable element (2) by means of a joint element (5), wherein the joint element (5) has a self-resetting design and wherein a distance measuring sensor (7, 8) is associated with a distance between the contact element (4) and the movable element (2). The adjustment system enables a quick automated adjustment.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for the contactless capacitive filling level measurement of a filling medium in a container, the device having a plurality of measurement electrodes and at least one reference electrode.

Abstract: A device and a process for mixing a liquid sample in an automated analysis instrument comprises a support arm, a holder for a liquid container, a flexible intermediate element, arranged between the support arm and the holder for the liquid container, a shaking apparatus, and a coupling apparatus arranged on the holder for the liquid container, wherein the coupling apparatus can establish a detachable connection between the shaking apparatus and the holder for the liquid container.

Abstract: A monitoring device is described for a printer, especially a sheet-fed offset printer, with a controller that records the signals of signal transmitters in the individual units of the printer, through which command signals for actuators/drives connected to the control can be generated as a function of the signal state, and a monitoring computer that additionally records the signal states of the signal transmitters and causes the switching off of actuators/drives. The task of the following invention is to modify such a monitoring device so that a device is obtained that permits error-proof and, especially, differentiated actions during malfunctions.