Carousel isolator
OwnerStephan HAMMELBACHERinventor
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Abstract
Work on or in an isolator assembly is made difficult by the gloved intervention points also with regard to the movement space. Any facilitation can contribute to a lower physical effort and to a lower error quota. According to a further advantageous embodiment of the isolator assembly, this can therefore have operating devices for operating a rack and/or for operating the control device of the isolator assembly for users, in particular by keypad at a gloved intervention point and/or via voice recognition and/or by foot pedals. Details relating to these devices can be obtained from the application WO 2011/124 209 A, the relevant content of which is also made the content of the present application.
Claims16
Isolator assembly for producing and maintaining a sterile environment, in particular for plant cultivation or animal research or preparation of medicaments comprising
- a cylindrical rack with a vertical axis,
- containers (cages) (each for accommodating at least one object as the contents thereof) arranged circumferentially in the rack (and accessible in a radial direction),
- a worktop in the immediate vicinity of the rack with a foot region situated underneath/in front of the worktop,
- a tent for the joint sterile shielding of both the rack and at the same time the worktop with respect to the surrounding area,
- with gloved intervention points in the tent for operating and/or processing the containers and/or the contents thereof between the rack and the worktop,
- an air lock device in the tent for introducing sterile material into the tent and for removing contaminated material from the tent,
- (in each case) a device for repositioning the rack relative to the worktop in an axial direction and in a rotational direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.