Automated centrifuge and method of using same
CA 2435897 A1 · Owner: Irm, Llc · Inventors: Shaw, Christopher M.; Lesley, Scott A.; Meyer, Andrew J.
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An automated centrifuge comprising a rotor having a plurality of sample receiving elements located in the rotor is provided. Sample processing componenets are structured to be insertable into any one of the receiving elements and a controller is configured to insert the sample processing componenets into the sample receiving elements. The sample receiving elements located in the rotor are grouped in clusters and the cavities of each cluster , are substantially parallel. Also an automated centrifuge system comprising a rotor including a plurality of clusters of receiving elements each element , including a lonitudinal axis with the longitudinal axes of each element in a cluster being …
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- Filed February 8, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 8, 2022.
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