Patents by Inventor Stefan Waldburger

Stefan Waldburger has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method to store sample tubes in a laboratory storage and retrieval system
    Patent number: 11408902
    Abstract: A method to store sample tubes in a laboratory storage and retrieval system is presented. The laboratory storage and retrieval system comprises a storage section, a database comprising a sample tube inventory of the storage section, a control device, and at least one sample tube transport system. The storage section comprises at least two storage subsections. In a first step of the method, the control device identifies at least two sample tubes with at least one substantially identical sample tube attribute and distributed over the at least two storage subsections. In a second step of the method, the at least one sample tube transport system consolidates the at least two sample tubes in at least one storage subsection, wherein the control device further determines in which of the at least two storage subsections the identified sample tubes are consolidated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventor: Stefan Waldburger
  • METHOD TO STORE SAMPLE TUBES IN A LABORATORY STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190113533
    Abstract: A method to store sample tubes in a laboratory storage and retrieval system is presented. The laboratory storage and retrieval system comprises a storage section, a database comprising a sample tube inventory of the storage section, a control device, and at least one sample tube transport system. The storage section comprises at least two storage subsections. In a first step of the method, the control device identifies at least two sample tubes with at least one substantially identical sample tube attribute and distributed over the at least two storage subsections. In a second step of the method, the at least one sample tube transport system consolidates the at least two sample tubes in at least one storage subsection, wherein the control device further determines in which of the at least two storage subsections the identified sample tubes are consolidated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventor: Stefan Waldburger