Laboratory Device, Laboratory Rack Assembly and Method for Coupling an RFID Chip
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1. A laboratory device comprising:
- a rack holding assembly for holding one or more laboratory racks, andan antenna structure element for wireless coupling with an RFID chip of a laboratory rack, the antenna structure element comprising a substantially flat carrier substrate with a first carrier surface and a second carrier surface opposite the first carrier surface, and comprising at least two antennas applied on the carrier substrate, wherein a first antenna of the at least two antennas is applied on the first carrier surface and a second antenna of the at least two antennas is applied on the second carrier surface.
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Abstract
The invention relates to devices and methods for the identification of test tubes in a test tube rack using RFID technology.
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19 Claims
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1. A laboratory device comprising:
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a rack holding assembly for holding one or more laboratory racks, and an antenna structure element for wireless coupling with an RFID chip of a laboratory rack, the antenna structure element comprising a substantially flat carrier substrate with a first carrier surface and a second carrier surface opposite the first carrier surface, and comprising at least two antennas applied on the carrier substrate, wherein a first antenna of the at least two antennas is applied on the first carrier surface and a second antenna of the at least two antennas is applied on the second carrier surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17)
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13. A rack assembly for holding a plurality of laboratory racks comprising:
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a plurality of rack receptacles for receiving and holding the laboratory racks in a row-and-column structure, and a plurality of antenna structure elements for wireless coupling with an RFID chip of a laboratory rack, wherein the antenna structure elements are arranged parallel to each other between columns or rows of rack receptacles. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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18. An antenna structure element for wireless coupling with an RFID chip of a test tube rack, the antenna structure element comprising a substantially flat carrier substrate with a first carrier surface and a second carrier surface opposite the first carrier surface, and comprising at least two antennas applied on the carrier substrate, wherein a first antenna of the at least two antennas is applied on the first carrier surface and a second antenna of the at least two antennas is applied on the second carrier surface.
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19. A rack assembly for holding a plurality of laboratory racks, comprising a plurality of rack receptacles capable of holding the laboratory racks in a row-and-column structure, and further comprising a plurality of antenna structure elements for wireless coupling with an RFID chip of a laboratory rack, wherein each antenna structure element comprises a substantially flat carrier substrate with a first carrier surface and a second carrier surface opposite the first carrier surface, and comprising at least two antennas applied on the carrier substrate, wherein a first antenna of the at least two antennas is applied on the first carrier surface and a second antenna of the at least two antennas is applied on the second carrier surface, the two antennas being applied on the two carrier surfaces in a staggered format such that the offset between the two antennas corresponds to two possible locations of the RFID laboratory rack chip to be read in the rack assembly.
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