AUTOMATED CENTRIFUGE WITH SIDE AND TOP ACCESS

• US 20170028411A1
• Filed: 10/13/2016
• Published: 02/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2011
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Highres Biosolutions Incorporated (BJA Croonen BV)
• Original Assignee: Highres Biosolutions Incorporated (BJA Croonen BV)
• Inventors: NICHOLS, Michael J., GUARRACINA, Louis J.
• Application Number:
  US15/292,974
• Publication Number:
  US 20170028411A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B04B 15/02 for cooling, heating, or heat insulating
• CPC Class Codes: B04B 5/0414 comprising test tubes
• CPC Class Codes: B04B 7/02 Casings; Lids shock absorbers, vibration dampers F16F

Abstract

A housing for an automated centrifuge with side and top access is disclosed. The housing includes an inner housing for enclosing at least one labware nest of the automated centrifuge, the inner housing having a top and a side body substantially surrounding the at least one labware nest, wherein the inner housing includes an opening through both a portion of the top and a portion of the body, and a door movably connected to the inner housing, and movable relative to the open between an open position, in which the door exposes the opening, and a closed position in which the door blocks the opening.

Claims

1-20. -20. (canceled)

21. A housing for an automated centrifuge, the housing comprising:

an inner housing for enclosing at least one labware nest of the automated centrifuge, the inner housing having a top and a side body substantially surrounding the at least one labware nest, wherein the inner housing includes an opening through both a portion of the top and a portion of the body, wherein the opening is configured so that the labware nest is accessible through the top and through the side body and

a door movably connected to the inner housing, and movable relative to the opening between an open position, in which the door exposes the opening, and a closed position in which the door blocks the opening.