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US 8,016,737 B2Granted
Method for removing a fluid from a container and device therefor
AssigneeRijk Zwaan Zaadteelt En Zaadhandel B.V.
InventorsJacobus Petrus Cornelis De Wit, Robert Helene Ghislain Dirks, Edwin Van Zon, Leendert Jacobus Woudenberg
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Abstract
Provided is a method for removing a liquid, in particular a supernatant, from a container with a sample, by creating an opening in a container with a sample consisting of solid constituents and a liquid, and subsequently centrifuging the container so as to cause the liquid to flow out of the container through the created opening. Also provided is a device for making a container suitable for use in the method.
Claims9
A method for removing a supernatant from a container, the method comprising the consecutive steps of:
- (a) providing a container containing a sample comprising:
- solid constituents;
- and
- a supernatant;
- (b) creating an opening in the container;
- and
- (c) centrifuging the container such that the supernatant flows out of the container through the opening.
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