Global Patent Index - EP 2771122 A1

EP 2771122 A1 20140903 - METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY LOADING A CENTRIFUGE WITH SPECIMEN CONTAINERS

Title (en)

METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY LOADING A CENTRIFUGE WITH SPECIMEN CONTAINERS

Title (de)

VERFAHREN ZUM AUTOMATISCHEN BELADEN EINER ZENTRIFUGE MIT PROBENBEHÄLTERN

Title (fr)

PROCÉDÉ DE CHARGEMENT AUTOMATIQUE D'UNE CENTRIFUGEUSE COMPRENANT DES CONTENANTS D'ÉCHANTILLONS

Publication

EP 2771122 A1 20140903 (DE)

Application

EP 12781299 A 20121024

Priority

  • DE 102011054766 A 20111024
  • EP 2012071057 W 20121024

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2013060725A1] The invention relates to a method for automatically loading a swinging bucket centrifuge with specimen containers, wherein the swinging bucket centrifuge is designed to receive a centrifuge carrier having a plurality of receiving pockets arranged in a predetermined receiving pocket pattern, and wherein the method comprises: providing a plurality of specimen containers filled respectively with specimens; loading the respective specimen containers (100) into a storage device; determining an individual weight for each specimen container loaded into the storage device; determining an arrangement pattern of selected specimen containers in the at least one centrifuge carrier on the basis of the individual weights of the specimen containers and the receiving pocket pattern and in such a manner that the moved masses of the specimen containers filled with specimens in the at least one centrifuge carrier are balanced during centrifugation; loading the specimen containers selected for the arrangement pattern from the storage device into the receiving pockets of the at least one centrifuge carrier, and loading the centrifuge carrier into the centrifuge. The invention is characterized in that the centrifuge carrier is inserted into a swinging bucket, wherein the arrangement pattern for the specimen containers is defined in such a manner that the centre of gravity of the moved masses during centrifugation lies on the centrifuge axis when the centrifuge containers are swung outward.

IPC 8 full level

B04B 5/04 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

B04B 5/0421 (2013.01 - EP US); B04B 9/14 (2013.01 - EP US); B04B 2011/046 (2013.01 - EP US); G01N 2035/00495 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2013060725A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

DE 102011054766 A1 20130425; EP 2771122 A1 20140903; JP 2014530757 A 20141120; US 2014315707 A1 20141023; WO 2013060725 A1 20130502

DOCDB simple family (application)

DE 102011054766 A 20111024; EP 12781299 A 20121024; EP 2012071057 W 20121024; JP 2014537594 A 20121024; US 201214353493 A 20121024