Patent ID: 9459273
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: G01N

Claim Text:
1. A laboratory product transport element comprising: an energy source configured to furnish drive power; at least one signal receiver configured to receive control signals; a control unit configured to generate drive signals as a function of at least one control signal obtained from the at least one signal receiver; at least one movement device, with which the laboratory product transport element can move independently on a transfer path; at least one drive device configured to drive the at least one movement device as a function of the drive signals of the control unit, the at least one drive device being driven by the drive power; and at least one holder to hold a laboratory product to be transported; the laboratory product transport element further comprising an external communication interface, an output device, and a memory unit coupled to the control unit, wherein the memory unit comprises code executable by the control unit to implement a method comprising generating an error signal if the laboratory product is improperly removed from the at least one holder, wherein the error signal is a first error signal and wherein the method further comprises: generating a second error signal when the laboratory product transport element is improperly removed from a predefined path that the laboratory product transport element is intended to follow.