Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Centrifugation apparatus for containers of biological material including conveyor, turntable and centrifuges
- Patent Title (中): 生物材料容器用离心机,包括输送机,转台和离心机
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Application No.: US12867345Application Date: 2009-02-11
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Publication No.: US08795144B2Publication Date: 2014-08-05
- Inventor: Gianandrea Pedrazzini
- Applicant: Gianandrea Pedrazzini
- Applicant Address: MT Valletta
- Assignee: Inpeco Holding Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Inpeco Holding Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: MT Valletta
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: ITM12008A0228 20080213
- International Application: PCT/IB2009/050562 WO 20090211
- International Announcement: WO2009/101587 WO 20090820
- Main IPC: B04B5/10
- IPC: B04B5/10

Abstract:
An apparatus for automatically centrifuging test tubes containing biological material including a plurality of centrifuges functionally identical to one another yet independent and adapted to centrifuge test tubes offered to an interface for centrifuging test tubes using a conveying system included in an automatic conveyor of test tubes. The plurality of centrifuges is fitted on a turntable adapted to offer each centrifuge at a suitable loading/unloading point adjacent to the loading/unloading point of the interface. Each centrifuge is provided with a motor adapted to generate the centrifugal motion by setting a rotor in rotation, and a test tube handling device including an arm with a first gripper adapted to load test tubes to be centrifuged and a second gripper adapted to unload centrifuged test tubes, simultaneously to the loading, the arm sliding along a curved guide adapted to generate a forced rotation of the grippers.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110045958A1 CENTRIFUGATION APPARATUS FOR CONTAINERS OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL Public/Granted day:2011-02-24
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