Centrifuge and method for centrifuging a reaction vessel unit
AssigneeYantai Ausbio Laboratories Co., Ltd.
InventorsZhaoqiang Wang, Wolfgang Mann, Wolfgang Heimberg
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Abstract
A centrifuge for cleaning a reaction vessel unit, having a rotor for holding at least one reaction vessel unit with its opening(s) directed outwardly, a motor for rotating the rotor around a rotation axis, a housing having a substantially cylindrical inner surface, wherein a drain is provided for discharging fluid expelled from the reaction vessel unit, wherein a gap is provided between the inner surface and the rotor so that by rotating the rotor a wind is generated which drives the expelled fluid on the inner surface to the drain wherein an aspiration pump is connected to the drain for discharging fluid.
Claims26
-18. (canceled)
A centrifuge for cleaning a reaction vessel unit in which a plurality of reaction vessels are arranged in a two-dimensional array and the reaction vessels each have at least one opening, wherein the centrifuge comprises:
- a housing;
- and
- a rotor arranged within the housing;
- wherein the rotor is configured to rotate about a horizontal rotation axis, and to hold the reaction vessel unit or a reaction vessel unit carrier releasably carrying the reaction vessel unit such that the at least one opening of each reaction vessel is directed radially outwards with respect to the horizontal rotation axis of the rotor;
- and
- wherein the rotor comprises a first magnetic coupling element arranged to releasably secure the reaction vessel unit or the reaction vessel unit carrier by coupling with a counter-coupling element of the reaction vessel unit or the reaction vessel unit carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.