Nest remover and sterile chamber

An apparatus (10) for removing a nest (100) from a tub (200) without using vacuum, wherein the apparatus (10) comprises a support structure (12) and at least two pick-up units (14) extending away from the support structure (12), wherein the pick-up units (14) are arranged on the support structure (12) in such a manner that they can be arranged on opposite sides (104a, 104b) of a substantially rectangular nest (100) which will be removed, in order to contact, by contact portions (16), the nest (100) and hold the nest by clamping, wherein the respective contact portions (16) have a first, horizontally-extending contact surface (18) for providing a stop in a vertical direction (V) for the nest (100), and a second, vertically-extending contact surface (20) for providing a stop in a horizontal direction (H) for the nest (100), and wherein the apparatus (100) is designed such that the contact portions (16) can be moved away from each other and/or towards each other, wherein at least one of the pick-up units (14) comprises a resilient material, and the contact portion (16) of one of the pick-up units (14) can be moved away from the contact portion (16) of the other pick-up unit (14) as a result of the pick-up unit (14) bending, and

• wherein the apparatus comprises a vertical fixing unit (30), wherein the vertical fixing unit comprises a fixing contact portion (34) configured to contact the nest from a side opposite the first, horizontally-extending contact surface (18) of the contact portion (16), and
• wherein the fixing contact portion (34) of the vertical fixing unit (30) is movable in the vertical direction relative to the support structure (12).