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Centrifugal processing unit including a blocking element

US11660611B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

TECAN TRADING AG · CH

Inventors

Markus Spiss · Zürich, CH
Adrian SAGER · Männedorf, CH
Fred Schinzel · Männedorf, CH
Markus Wolf · Oftersheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 24, 2018
Grant date	May 30, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 9, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2035/00495
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A centrifugal processing unit for directing the movement of substances within a sample processing cartridge, the centrifugal processing unit having a rotor at least one accommodation for receiving the sample processing cartridge, and a rotor drive for rotating the at least one rotor about a respective rotor axis to create the centrifugal force. The centrifugal processing unit has a blocking element allowing the free pivoting motion of the at least one accommodation in a release position when the rotor is rotated in a first direction and preventing the free pivoting motion in a blocking position, when the rotor is rotated in the opposite direction.

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