US Patent Issued to THERMO CRS on June 23 for "Magnetic connection system for a multi-axis gripper of a lab automation robot" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,781, issued on June 23, was assigned to THERMO CRS LTD. (Burlington, Canada).

"Magnetic connection system for a multi-axis gripper of a lab automation robot" was invented by Gary Darnel (Hamilton, Canada), Michael Paul Riff (Burlington, Canada), Jonathan Wittchen (Burlington, Canada), Rob Dunn-Dufault (Burlington, Canada) and Stephen Wayne Johnson (Burlington, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lab automation robot includes a base, a tower rotatably coupled to the base, an arm translatable relative to the tower, a forearm rotatably coupled to the arm, and a wrist assembly rotatably coupled to the forearm about a wrist joint. The...