MODULE FOR MOVEMENT OF CONTAINERS IN CHAMBER FOR INCUBATION OF BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES Russian patent published in 2024 - IPC G01N35/04 C12M1/22 

FIELD: medical equipment.

SUBSTANCE: device for incubating samples in containers, for example in Petri dishes, and obtaining digital images of culture results. The module for moving containers in a chamber for incubating biological samples with a window for loading and unloading containers consists of two 3-axis manipulators with a gripper for the container, where each of the manipulators contains a column for vertical movement of the gripper, horizontal guides and a rotary table equipped with movement drives. In this case, the manipulators are located one above the other with the possibility of overlapping the working stroke of each other, ensuring access of the grip of each manipulator to the container located in the working volume of the incubation chamber near the window for loading and unloading containers, and are equipped with “red zone” sensors, designed to detect the presence of gripping the manipulator in the “red zone” located around the window for loading and unloading containers, accessible for service by the upper and lower manipulators. The container movement module is designed to stop the movement of one manipulator when the “red zone” sensor of another manipulator is triggered.

EFFECT: increasing the productivity of the incubation chamber while eliminating the “collision” of the grips of two manipulators in the area of the window for loading and unloading containers.

10 cl, 25 dwg