| US 7,485,465 B2 | ||
| Micro plate treating device and micro plate carrying method | ||
| Akira Higuchi, Fukuoka (Japan); and Eiji Watanabe, Fukuoka (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Panasonic Corporation, Osaka (Japan) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/549,149 PCT Filed Apr. 05, 2005, PCT No. PCT/JP2005/006987 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Sep. 13, 2005, PCT Pub. No. WO2005/098454, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 20, 2005. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 2004-112976 (JP), filed on Apr. 07, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0210446 A1, Sep. 21, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G01N 35/02 (2006.01); G01N 35/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 436—48 [436/43; 436/47; 436/49; 422/63; 422/65; 422/100; 141/129; 141/130; 53/109; 53/281] | 6 Claims |
| 1. A microplate processing apparatus for a microplate with a lid, the apparatus comprising:
a conveying unit, including a conveyor belt adapted to convey the microplate and lid to a plurality of positions in an order
corresponding to a lid removing position, an intermediate position, and a lid attaching position;
a sensor for detecting the presence of the microplate at the intermediate position;
a microplate positioning unit adapted to extract the microplate from the conveyor belt at the intermediate position to a processing
position, and replace the microplate from the processing position to the conveyor belt;
a processing unit adapted to perform a given process on the contents of the microplate when the microplate is at the processing
position;
a lid removing unit adapted to remove the lid of the microplate at the lid removing position, hold the lid, and place the
lid on the conveyor belt in response to the sensor detecting the presence of the microplate at the intermediate position while
the lid removing unit is holding the lid;
a lid attaching unit adapted to pick up the lid from the conveyor belt when the lid is at the lid attaching position, hold
the lid, and attach the lid to the microplate when the microplate is at the lid attaching position.
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