Andreas Hettich Gmbh & Co Kg

Terumo Bct, Inc.

Armin Brendle

Christoph Pabst

Marcellus Geiselmann

Bruce S Ellingboe

Klaus-Guenter Eberle

Klaus-Günter Eberle

Makoto Hirabuki

Roland Biset

Timothy Michael Taga

Tadashi Imai

Wilfried Mertens

Hong Duc Nguyen

Ross Tichota

Kris Nackaerts

Erik Rainer Gerlach

Fritz Walter Bernd Fiedler

Sebastian Fahrner

Ross G Tichota

Embodiments of a system box for holding a bag system and methods for separating composite liquids are described. In embodiments, a bag system may be a blood bag system used to collect blood, separate the blood into components, store the components, and utilize the components in patients. The system box may hold the blood bag system. Processes can then be performed to separate components from the blood.

Composite liquid bag system holder

A centrifuge (), comprising a rotor (), a drive shaft (), on which the rotor () is supported, a motor (), which drives the rotor () via the drive shaft (), a supporting unit () having damping elements (), each of which comprises a spring axis (), which supporting unit supports a rotational unit (), which comprises the motor () together with the drive shaft () and the rotor (), a sensor unit () for sensing the rotational speed, a distance sensor () for determining imbalances of the rotational unit (), which rotational unit rotates about an axis of rotation (), an acceleration sensor () for determining imbalances of the rotational unit (), and a control and evaluation unit (), which evaluates the data of the sensors (), wherein the distance sensor () senses distance changes in an operative axis (). The invention is characterized in that the operative axis () is oriented in relation to the axis of rotation () in such a way that an angle between the operative axis () and the axis of rotation () of less than 90&#xb0; including 0&#xb0; results, at least in a projection onto a plane parallel to the operative axis () and through the axis of rotation ().

Centrifuge and method for sensing imbalances in the centrifuge

A centrifuge (), in particular a laboratory centrifuge, comprising a rotor () for receiving containers with material to be centrifuged, a drive shaft () on which the rotor () is supported, a motor () which drives the rotor () via the drive shaft, a bearing unit () with damping elements () each having a spring axis (), and a support element () for fixing the motor () in the centrifuge via the bearing unit (), wherein the spring axes () of the damping elements () are placed at an acute angle &#x3c3; to the rotational axis Y of the motor (). The invention is characterized in that the bearing unit () comprises a plurality of struts (), preferably 3 to 21, which are connected to the damping elements (), wherein the struts () are placed and arranged so that they are concentrically aligned with the respective spring axis.

Centrifuge with damping elements

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Muehlhausen-Ehingen, Germany

Armin Brendle