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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8152708 | Decanting centrifuge with sliding engagement between decant ring and processing unit A centrifuge has a rotor for receiving a disposable processing unit. The centrifuge is configured such that the motor is attached to an enclosure and the enclosure is supported on a base. The connection between the base and the enclosure is a vibration isolator, and... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8147393 | Composite centrifuge rotor A centrifuge rotor includes a rotor body having a central hub and first and second bucket receiving spaces defined on diametrically opposed sides of the rotor body. A first pair of bucket supports is supported by the rotor body for pivotally supporting a swing bucke... | 04/03/2012 |
| 7942800 | Centrifugal separator and analyzer provided with same The present invention relates to a centrifugal separator (5) including a rotor (51) which pivotally supports a container (9) including an upper opening (90B) and which is to be rotated to apply a centrifugal force to the container (9 | 05/17/2011 |
| 7699766 | Decanting centrifuge with vibration isolation A centrifuge has a rotor for receiving a disposable processing unit. The centrifuge is configured such that the motor is attached to an enclosure and the enclosure is supported on a base. The connection between the base and the enclosure is a vibration isolator, and... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7422554 | Centrifuge with aerodynamic rotor and bucket design A rotor and specimen holder assembly for producing a relatively low power, low audible level, cool running centrifuge. The centrifuge rotor assembly is designed to enable a specimen holder to retract into the body of the rotor during centrifugation to produce aerody... | 09/09/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7371206 | Rotor for laboratory centrifuges The present invention relates to a rotor for laboratory centrifuges, the rotor including a rotor housing that is open to the top and at least one recess for taking up centrifuge containers, with the recess being formed in the peripheral area of the rotor as a concen... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7322926 | Centrifugation device with swingable sample holder A centrifugal device comprising: a rotor having a rotor shaft having a longitudinal rotor axis; a holder having an access end, and a holder axis; a location mechanism for locating the holder within... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7310965 | Compressor head, internal discriminator, external discriminator, manifold design for refrigeration recovery apparatus The compressor head, internal and/or external discriminator, and manifold design in general utilize ball valves on the suction and discharge of a cylinder head in the recovery of refrigerant liquid and/or vapor. The device facilitates the flashing of liquid refriger... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7297097 | Lift type weight measuring centrifuge Disclosed is a lift type weight measuring centrifuge which is able to measure the weight of a measurement object after spatially isolating the measurement object. The centrifuge includes an upper sensing plate to move upwards, and a weight sensing mechanism provided... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7285085 | Automatic balancing rotor for centrifuge An automatic balancing rotor for a centrifuge which compensates for imbalance of a centrifugal force occurring due to a weight difference of samples. The automatic balancing rotor includes a plurality of rotating arms spaced at regular angular intervals, with a plur... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7282018 | Centrifugal receptacle drainer A draining apparatus for collecting fluids from a container. This device consists essentially of a base and a rotational receptacle support, which holds and rotates, the container, which is to be drained. The container is held in a nearly horizontal position with th... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7241281 | Blood component separation method and apparatus An apparatus and method for collecting whole blood and then separating it into components for subsequent use or storage. A self-contained bag set is used to collect the sample, which may then be placed into container adapted to fit into a centrifuge for separation o... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7211191 | Blood component separation method and apparatus An apparatus and method for collecting whole blood and then separating it into components for subsequent use or storage. A self-contained bag set is used to collect the sample, which may then be placed into a device adapted to fit into a centrifuge for separation of... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7211433 | Method for the enriching or depleting tumor cells obtained from a body fluid and kit suitable for this purpose The invention relates to a method for the enrichment or depletion of tumor cells from a body fluid, in which a cell separation medium of specific density is overlaid with the body fluid and is centrifuged. A kit suitable for this method is likewise provided. ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7204637 | Automated device for homogenization and resuspension of substances, disintegration of cells, disruption of tissues and centrifugation of these media A device for mixing, homogenization, resuspension, disintegration, disruption, or centrifugation of media placed in test tubes, including: a rotor having a replaceable closure; a driver having a substantially vertical shaft; a sleeve having a spiral groove and a bus... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201848 | Methods and apparatus for separation of particles The present invention is directed to a method and system that separates first particles from second particles, or white blood cells from red blood cells, by sedimentation in a fluid chamber with debulking of one of the first or second particles or red blood cells th... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7189331 | Centrifuge adapter An adapter for use with a centrifuge. Features of the adapter allow for less friction during extraction of the adapter and separation efficiency by preventing disturbances to the separated materials. In addition, the adapter includes features that support the walls ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7166225 | Methods for filtering fluids A fluid filtering device includes a plurality of filtering wells and an angling mechanism which adjusts the angle of the membranes within the filtering wells relative to a line of a centrifuge where the line is perpendicular to the axis of rotation of a centrifuge a... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7159412 | Compressor head, internal discriminator, external discriminator, manifold design for refrigeration recovery apparatus The compressor head, internal and/or external discriminator, and manifold design in general utilize ball valves on the suction and discharge of a cylinder head in the recovery of refrigerant liquid and/or vapor. The device facilitates the flashing of liquid refriger... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7150708 | Laboratory centrifuge with swing-out containers and aerodynamic cladding The invention relates to a laboratory centrifuge rotor (1) running in air and devoid of an air chamber, comprising rotor arms (2) ending in fork arms (4), containers (6) swinging out on pivot pins (5) being suspended between said a... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7150858 | Centrifugal separator A centrifugal separator (4), comprising a drive motor (M1), a rotor (41) rotated by the motor (M1) about a specified axis, and a cubette (42) swingably suspended by the rotor (41), wherein the cubette (42) holds a spe... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7118522 | Centrifuge adapter An adapter for use with a centrifuge. Features of the adapter allow for less friction during extraction of the adapter and separation efficiency by preventing disturbances to the separated materials. In addition, the adapter includes features that support the walls ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7115090 | Method and device for pretreatment of samples by centrifuging The invention concerns a method comprising detecting tubes inside carriers (P), detecting an expected imbalance of the centrifuge (CE) and, when said detection reveals the presence of such an imbalance owing to the presence of an insufficient number of carriers (P) ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7108651 | Centrifuge having multiple rotors In a centrifugal chamber 9, an elastic rotation shaft 30 and a high-rigidity rotation shaft 34 extend coaxially. When a rotor selected from an angle rotor 17 and a swing rotor 36 which have different sizes and shapes is set in the ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7094607 | Apparatus for high-throughput production of coat material arrays, and analytical methods using such arrays A combinatorial, high-throughput screening method is described for developing new coatings having a performance characteristic of a coating property which results in a substantial increase in the discovery rate of new coating materials. The method includes the steps... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7081081 | Bayonet coupling mechanism for a centrifuge A centrifuge having a motor shaft, a rotor that engages the motor shaft and a cover for securing the rotor to the rotor shaft. The cover has a knob with a coupling disposed therein. The coupling functions to simultaneously secure the rotor cover to the rotor body an... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7073346 | Compressor head, internal discriminator, external discriminator, manifold design for refrigerant recovery apparatus and vacuum sensor The compressor head, internal and/or external discriminator, and manifold design in general utilize ball valves on the suction and discharge of a cylinder head in the recovery of refrigerant liquid and/or vapor. The device facilitates the flashing of liquid refriger... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7070684 | Electrode arrangement for generating functional field barriers in microsystems A microsystem adapted for dielectrophoretic manipulation of particles in a suspension liquid wherein the microsystem has a channel with channel walls and a longitudinal extension. An electrode arrangement is present which has at least one microelectrode on at least ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7025714 | Process to balance a rotatable plate of a centrifuge and centrifuge using the process Centrifuge includes a plate, a detector for the position of the plate, a monitoring and control unit, to turn the plate and to stop it in predetermined angular positions; characterized by several balancing containers, a centrifugal detector, a device for providing a... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7011618 | Attachment and release apparatus for a centrifuge rotor cover An attachment and release apparatus for attaching a rotor to a centrifuge drive assembly and for attaching a cover to the rotor. The apparatus includes a knob, a cover wherein the knob has a plunger disposed therein. The apparatus also includes an adapter having det... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7001321 | Carrier for holding a flexible fluid processing container A fluid processing assembly can be easily inserted into and removed from a rotatable centrifuge channel. The processing assembly comprises a processing container and a carrier. The processing container has flexibility and, in use, occupies the channel to receive flu... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6991704 | Heating of microtitre well plates in centrifugal evaporators A centrifugal evaporator is described having internally of a chamber a source of IR radiation which directs energy towards a sample support platform on which a microtitre plate is mounted in use, for rotation within the chamber. The wells of the microtitre plate wil... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6960158 | Centrifugal separator The invention relates to a centrifugal separator (100) comprising a centrifugal frame (40), a rotatable, vertically arranged, drive spindle (100) provided with a drum (12), and a motor (90) having a vertical rotor axis (91).... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6949063 | Automatic balance adjusting centrifugal apparatus A centrifugal machine of automatic balance type is provided for detecting an unbalance in a specimen mounted on a rotor lever before every centrifugal machining, and for moving horizontally the rotor lever according to detected results, maintaining automatic balance... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6916282 | Swing rotor for a centrifugal separator including a swingably supported bucket having a sample container holding member and metallic member A bucket consists of a sample container holding member and a metallic member. The sample container holding member is made of a composite material consisting of a reinforcing fiber and a resin. The metallic member has portions engaged with a rotor body. ... | 07/12/2005 |
| RE38757 | Automatic multiple-decanting centrifuge and container therefor A centrifuge is capable of holding a sample container in selected orientations, either during or after centrifugation, to drain supernatants between two or more chambers of the container. The draining may be gravity or centrifugal draining. This allows an automated ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6872360 | Centrifuging device for laboratory analyzer A device for centrifuging various samples of a product or a mixture of products which are chemical or biological, the device including a vessel which is open at the top and contains a vertical central shaft driven in rotation by a rotary driving means, a horizontal ... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6866622 | Centrifugal rotor having buckets swingably supported on a hinge shaft A rotor for a centrifugal separator. The rotor has a rotor body with a cylindrical outer wall extending upward from a bottom portion and a boss portion provided at a center of the bottom portion. The outer wall is located radially outward with respect to the boss po... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6866623 | Centrifuge having a magnetic actuator for loading and unloading buckets and a method of loading/unloading the buckets on the centrifuge For automated centrifugation of samples contained in test tubes, a centrifuge (c) has a rotating head (11) with swing-out buckets (30) for housing the test tubes. Apparatus is provided for automatically positioning each bucket in the centrifugation cha... | 03/15/2005 |
