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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7371205 | Device for asymmetric heating and cooling of reaction mixtures during centrifuging and rotor means therefore A rotor assembly for centrifuging reaction vessels containing reaction mixtures in a device for asymmetric heating and cooling of reaction mixtures during centrifugation. The rotor contains at least one fan blade used to force ambient gas to pass the reaction mixtur... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7314442 | Centrifuge assembly portion, centrifuge, having drive arrangement access opening and cover A centrifuge includes a frame, a motor, a output shaft, a rotational shaft, and a belt. The frame has a bottom portion. The motor is disposed in the frame to generate a driving force. The output shaft extends from the motor and has an end positioned in proximity to ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311653 | Centrifugal separator having a structure for facilitating opening and closing a door An air flow valve capable of being opened and closed is provided between the interior of the rotor chamber sealed with the door and the exterior thereof, and formed so that, when the door is closed, or when the door is opened, the air flow valve is temporarily opene... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311849 | Control device for the separate collection of blood components in output from a blood centrifugation cell The invention provides a control device for the separate collection of blood components in output from a blood centrifugation cell. The control device comprises: a support which comprises a recess for containing a duct; a visible-light emitter with a corresponding r... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7235041 | Centrifuge for processing a blood product with a bag set having a processing bag A centrifuge for processing blood and blood components in a processing bag connected to at least one secondary bag comprises a rotor for spinning a processing bag and separating a content thereof in at least two components, and a squeezing member for exposing a proc... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7192394 | Air-cooled centrifuge The present invention relates to an air-cooled centrifuge comprising a rotor driven around a rotation axis by a motor and a cooling channel, which surrounds one wall of the rotor, wherein the cooling channel is provided for the air transportable in the cooling chann... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7150836 | Microwave-emitting rotor, separator apparatus including same, methods of operation and design thereof An apparatus for use in separating, at least in part, a mixture, including at least one chamber and at least one microwave generation device configured for communicating microwave energy into the at least one chamber is disclosed. The rotor assembly may comprise an ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7077799 | Apparatus and method for a high-efficiency self-cleaning centrifuge having concentrate cylinders A self-cleaning centrifuge for clarifying contaminated liquids has a rotor assembly comprising nested first and second sets of concentric cylinders supported for rotation about an axis. The sets of concentric cylinders are rotatably connected. A motor is connected t... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7060018 | Centrifuge apparatus for processing blood A centrifuge apparatus for processing blood comprising a bottom spring-loaded support plate; a top support plate; an axial inlet/outlet for blood to be processed and processed components of the blood, the axial inlet/outlet being attached to the top support plate by... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7033311 | Cleaning device for drum centrifuge A centrifuge having a drum rotatable in a predetermined direction about a drum axis has a cleaning device with a cleaning shaft extending generally parallel to the drum axis into the drum along a shaft axis. A pair of elongated slat-shaped cutters have inner ends fi... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7008516 | Method and apparatus for desalinating and concentrating sea water, desalinated deep water and concentrated deep water According to a method of desalinating sea water, sea water sampled from deep sea is injected into a decompression chamber of a reduced pressure tank having a steam chamber, steam at an atmospheric pressure superheated to a boiling temperature or higher by high-frequ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6953424 | Rotor driving apparatus with temperature adjustment of elastic supporting portion In a centrifugal separator, a temperature sensor is provided in contact with a vibration isolation rubber that elastically supports an induction motor to a motor base. A Peltier element for heating/cooling the vibration isolation rubber is provided in contact with t... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6929812 | Device and method for frying products A device for frying food products in fat under vacuum conditions includes a rotating vacuum chamber for centrifuging the product after frying. The centrifuged product is directed through a valve in the bottom of the vacuum chamber to a sluice structure, and subseque... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6860845 | System and process for separating multi phase mixtures using three phase centrifuge and fuzzy logic A system for separating a multi phase mixture into a first liquid phase component, a second liquid phase component and a solid phase component includes a three phase centrifuge and a control system for the centrifuge. The control system includes a fuzzy soft sensor ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6852074 | Biological processing apparatus for expressing fluid material A method and apparatus for selectively expressing one or more selected fluid materials out of a fluid container, including a centrifuge rotor having a round centrifuge chamber of selected volume, a round expandable enclosure disposed within the centrifuge chamber ha... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6800053 | Method and apparatus for sterilizing internal passages of a centrifuge centrate gate Method and apparatus for sterilization of laboratory equipment, which are particularly suited for sterilization of internal passages of a centrifuge centrate gate assembly. ... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6783993 | Homogenizing of small-volume mixtures by centrifugation and heating The efficient temperation of a sample is achieved when the sample is subjected to centrifugation simultaneously wish heating and optionally also cooling. This is achieved in a device comprising at least a rotor (1) for holding reaction vessels (2), a m... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6605028 | Blood centrifuge having integral heating to control cellular component temperature A centrifuge system with a temperature control system for controlling the temperature of fractions removed or output from the centrifuge to a collection chamber. In one embodiment, the centrifuge system provides an integral heater element operable by a te... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6593143 | Centrifuge system with contactless regulation of chemical-sample temperature using eddy currents A coaxial-drive centrifuge provides for contactless regulation of sample temperature. The sample is contained in a multi-station chemical-processing circuit that has a metal receptor at each station. On demand, a stationary inductor induces eddy currents ... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6461287 | Centrifugal vacuum concentrator and modular structured rotor assembly for use therein A large capacity centrifugal vacuum concentrator includes a rotor assembly mounting a plurality of vertical spaced rotors mounted on a drive shaft and intervened with spacers between each lower rotor and a rotor next above, the rotors and spacers having i... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6416454 | Control of separation performance in a centrifuge by controlling a temperature differential therein Separation performance in sedimenting centrifuges, particularly generally cylindrical sedimenting centrifuges, and most particularly imperforate basket centrifuges, is controlled and enhanced by identifying a level of mixing that will produce improved sep... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6387253 | Solid-liquid separating device The solid-liquid separating device 10 is capable of separating a concentrated liquid from a slurry by centrifugation and includes a centrifugation unit 12 having a rotating vessel 15 with a porous outer wall surface through which liquid is transmissible a... | 05/14/2002 |
| 5911885 | Application of microwave radiation in a centrifuge for the separation of emulsions and dispersions A method and apparatus for applying microwaves to flowable materials within a centrifuge are disclosed. The simultaneous application of microwaves and centrifugation to flowable materials may be utilized to rapidly separate immiscible components from emul... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5866085 | Device for the encapsulation of plastic syringes A syringe encapsulation device having a melt chamber heated by forced hot air to sufficient temperature to melt the plastic bodies of the syringes, where the melt chamber is coaxially mounted onto a rotating shaft and rotated when the plastic is in the mo... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5865993 | Filter centrifuge with a drying device for the moist solids collected in the centrifuge drum A filter centrifuge includes a centrifuge drum having a solids removal opening for solids collected in the centrifuge drum. A solids drying housing into which the solids removal opening opens is provided. The solids drying housing has a sieve bottom, a ga... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5743840 | Centrifuge with a heating jacket for drying collected solids A centrifuge of the type including a housing and a rotatable bowl, and including a heating jacket located therebetween. The heating jacket is established through inflatable seals which selectively seal a space located between the bowl and the housing. The... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5724819 | Thermoelectric cooling centrifuge A refrigerated centrifuge system. The system includes at least one thermoelectric cooler which is operatively connected to a centrifuge chamber by an egress conduit and an ingress conduit. In one embodiment the egress conduit carries away from the centrif... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5163895 | Centrifuge-drier A centrifugal drier for a product, comprises a horizontally supported rotating drive shaft including an axial passageway adapted to be a filling pipe for the product; a drum having a closed end secured to one end of the drive shaft and an open end; a coni... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5084133 | Process for concentrating specimens by evaporation of the solvent with a centrifugal evaporator-concentrator The centrifugal evaporator-concentrator comprises a central tubular pivot (18) surmounted by a nozzle (35) and constituting the pivot axis of a rotor (9) rotating in a vessel (8) closed by a cover (11). With the rotor rotating in the partial vacuum create... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5041076 | Rotary inertial thermodynamic multi-stage mass-flow divider A multi-stage rotary inertial device and method in which rotary inertial thermodynamic impedance is used in the separation of materials according to their diferences in mass. Thus, an input flow composed of substances having two different masses is separa... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4907893 | Thermo-roto mixer apparatus What is provided is an apparatus designated as a thermo-roto mixer which would provide a blood specimen mixer portion, comprising a plurality of test tube cradles for housing the test tubes containing blood, so that in the closed position, the test tubes ... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4785637 | Thermoelectric cooling design A thermoelectric cooling design of the type having a nonconducting substrate mounting thermoelectric coolers is improved. Provisions for a flexible can and improved heat dissipation from the thermoelectric coolers are provided. For improved thermal respon... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4767395 | Centrifugal grease remover/absorber for foods Disclosed herein is a device designed to remove and absorb grease from foods including a basket mounted in a chamber and designed to receive food products. The basket is rotatably mounted on the drive shaft of a motor for rotation at high enough speeds to... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4693702 | Rotor having frangible projections thereon A centrifuge rotor is provided with a pair of projections frangibly connected thereto. As the rotor reaches a predetermined speed the projections simultaneously fracture forming projectiles which puncture the evacuated chamber in which the rotor is mounte... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4648863 | Apparatus for the pure preparation of particles, biological cell systems and colloids A process for the pure preparation of particles, biological cell systems, colloids and the like, in which liquid density gradients are produced in a rotating centrifuge container (1), and in which the particles and the like are introduced into the centrif... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4631048 | Method and apparatus for pneumatically evacuating centrifuges A method and an apparatus for pneumatically evacuating a vertical centrifuge (12), the drying gas moving as a secondary flow (54) being converted--prior to its combination with the mixture of product and gas conveyed through the discharge pipe--into a tur... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4601696 | Centrifuge provided with a rotor identification There is described a centrifuge provided with a rotor identification system. The rotor identification system includes a rotor (4) having a pair of detectable elements (11, 12), e.g. magnets, spaced by an angular separation characteristic of the rotor (4),... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4531932 | Centrifugal plasmapheresis device The device comprises a single needle circuit having lines for admitting whole blood drawn from a patient to a continuously rotating rotor, re-introducing red cells and collecting plasma, the lines being respectively connected to the three outlets of a cou... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4512758 | Thermoelectric temperature control assembly for centrifuges A thermoelectric temperature control assembly for transferring heat to or from a heat sink. A nonconducting substrate is provided with a plurality of mounting openings for receiving the mounting features of a plurality of respective thermoelectric devices... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4498896 | Heatable centrifuge A heatable centrifuge is formed of a rotor rotatable about a central axis. The rotor includes a dish shaped portion concentric to the central axis and a jacket portion extending upwardly from the outer peripheral edge of the dish shaped portion and dispos... | 02/12/1985 |
