Title:
CENTRIFUGE LOADING APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/164459
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Disclosed is a loading apparatus and system adapted to load unprocessed sample containers in a centrifuge and provide improved balance thereof. The apparatus has a staging platform containing at least two bucket inserts, a weight scale operable to determine a combined weight of each of the bucket inserts, a centrifuge configured to receive the bucket inserts as pairs, a robot operable to insert an unprocessed sample container into the bucket inserts, and a controller operable to command the robot to carry out placement of the unprocessed sample container into a highest priority empty receptacle of a lowest combined weight bucket insert. Methods of operating the system are provided, as are other aspects.
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Inventors:
MILLER KERRY (US)
SPARKS STEVEN (US)
SPARKS STEVEN (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2014/022485
Publication Date:
November 12, 2015
Filing Date:
March 10, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS (US)
International Classes:
G01N35/02
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2012090795A1 | 2012-07-05 |
Foreign References:
| US6060022A | 2000-05-09 | |||
| US20110045958A1 | 2011-02-24 | |||
| US7025714B2 | 2006-04-11 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
FIELITZ, Ellen, E. (3501 Quadrangle Blvd. Ste 23, Orlando FL, US)
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