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Centrifuge with linear drive

US11117142B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6References

19Claims

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Assignee

BlueCatBio GmbH · DE

Inventors

Wolfgang Mann · Neudrossenfeld, DE
Wolfgang Heimberg · Ebersberg, DE
Johann Junkersfeld · Forstinning, DE
Matthias Erzberger · Ebersberg, DE
Frank Feist · Concord, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 23, 2017
Grant date	Sep 14, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 10, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2035/0465
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A centrifuge has a rotor and a rotor chamber in which the rotor is arranged and rotatably mounted, wherein the rotor has a receiving region for receiving a reaction vessel unit, and the centrifuge being provided with a loading and unloading device comprising a rigid sliding rod for positioning a reaction vessel unit in or for removing a reaction vessel unit from the rotor, wherein the sliding bar is movably arranged in such a way that it, between a discharge position in which it extends through the rotor in the rotor chamber and a loading position in which it is pulled at least out of the region of the rotor chamber, which is stressed by the rotor during one revolution, and a linear drive for moving the sliding rod between the discharge position and the loading position.

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