Modular storage units for perfusion and/or incubation of one or more specimens and storage assemblies
AssigneeAdvanced Solutions Life Sciences, LLC
InventorsMichael W. Golway, Scott Douglas Cambron
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Abstract
A storage assembly for storing a plurality of specimens includes a frame, a plurality of modular storage units for perfusion and/or incubation of one or more specimens removably coupled to the frame, a sample transfer apparatus configured to retrieve a specimen holder from a chosen modular storage unit of the plurality of modular storage units, and a control unit communicatively coupled to the sample transfer apparatus. The control unit is configured to cause the sample transfer apparatus to retrieve a specimen from a modular storage unit of the plurality of modular storage units and deliver the specimen to a delivery position.
Claims19
A storage unit for perfusion of one or more specimens, the storage unit comprising:
- an enclosure;
- an automated drawer assembly comprising:
- a faceplate mounted to the enclosure;
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- one or more drawers comprising a drawer faceplate and an inlet port;
- one or more perfusion actuation platforms coupled to the drawer faceplate and comprising a fluid inlet portion, wherein the one or more perfusion actuation platforms are configured to fluidically couple one or more specimen holders positioned within the one or more drawers to a media reservoir by positioning the fluid inlet portion within the inlet port;
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- a control unit communicatively coupled to the automated drawer assembly to control opening and closing of the one or more drawers and to control fluidically coupling the one or more perfusion actuation platforms to the media reservoir.
A modular storage unit for incubation and/or perfusion of one or more specimens, the modular storage unit comprising:
- an enclosure;
- an automated drawer assembly comprising:
- a replaceable faceplate mounted to the enclosure, the replaceable faceplate defining a number of drawer ports;
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- one or more drawers corresponding to the number of drawer ports in the replaceable faceplate, the one or more drawers comprising a drawer faceplate and an inlet port;
- one or more perfusion actuation platforms coupled to the drawer faceplate and comprising a fluid inlet portion, wherein the one or more perfusion actuation platforms are configured to fluidically couple one or more specimen holders positioned within the one or more drawers to a media reservoir by positioning the fluid inlet portion within the inlet port
- a control unit communicatively coupled to the automated drawer assembly to control opening and closing of the one or more drawers;
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- an environmental control assembly communicatively coupled to the control unit and configured to control humidity, temperature, biological gas concentrations, perfusion parameters, or combinations thereof.
A storage assembly for storing a plurality of specimens, the storage assembly comprising:
- a frame;
- a plurality of modular storage units for perfusion and/or incubation of one or more specimens removably coupled to the frame;
- a sample transfer apparatus configured to retrieve a specimen holder from a chosen modular storage unit of the plurality of modular storage units;
- and
- a control unit communicatively coupled to the sample transfer apparatus, wherein the control unit is configured to cause the sample transfer apparatus to retrieve a specimen from a modular storage unit of the plurality of modular storage units and deliver the specimen to a delivery position;
- wherein the modular storage unit of the plurality of modular storage units comprises:
- an enclosure;
- an automated drawer assembly communicatively coupled to the control unit, the automated drawer assembly comprising:
- a faceplate mounted to the enclosure;
- and
- one or more drawers comprising a drawer faceplate and an inlet port;
- one or more perfusion actuation platforms coupled to the drawer faceplate and comprising a fluid inlet portion, wherein the one or more perfusion actuation platforms are configured to fluidically couple one or more specimen holders positioned within the one or more drawers to a media reservoir by positioning the fluid inlet portion within the inlet port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.