Bluecatbio Gmbh

Frank Feist

Wolfgang Mann

Wolfgang Heimberg

Matthias Erzberger

Dong Liang

Johann Junkersfeld

Dr Wolfgang Mann

The invention relates to a discharge device () for a reaction vessel unit () which has a plurality of reaction vessels (), wherein the reaction vessels () each have an opening () which lie in a common opening plane (), wherein the discharge device () has a discharge plate () which is designed in such a way that it can be arranged or is arranged opposite the openings () of the reaction vessels () in a centrifuge () and is designed such that it rotates with the reaction vessel unit () during centrifuging and liquid escaping from the reaction vessels () is collected and drained off by the discharge plate () due to the centrifugal acceleration. The invention also relates to a centrifuge () for cleaning a reaction vessel unit (), having a drive, a rotor () which can be coupled or is coupled to the drive, wherein the rotor () is designed to receive the reaction vessel unit () with the discharge device (). The invention further relates to a method for cleaning a reaction vessel unit (), wherein the reaction vessel unit () is received on a rotor () of the centrifuge () with its openings () facing outwards from a rotation axis () of the rotor (); and the rotor () with the reaction vessel unit () arranged thereon is rotated in the centrifuge (), so that a liquid contained in the reaction vessels () is ejected, and wherein the ejected liquid is collected by a discharge device () with a discharge plate (), which is arranged radially opposite the opening plane () of the reaction vessels () and rotates together with the reaction vessel unit (), and is discharged along the discharge plate ().

Discharge device for a reaction vessel unit, centrifuge and method for cleaning a reaction vessel unit

The invention relates to a centrifuge for cleaning a reaction vessel unit and to a method for cleaning such a centrifuge. The centrifuge has a rotor and a rotor chamber, in which the rotor is arranged and mounted, the rotor features a receiving area for receiving the reaction vessel unit. The rotor chamber is limited by a housing, the housing having an outlet to drain the liquid discharged from the reaction vessels and being provided with an inlet for filling the rotor chamber with a cleaning solution in such a way, when the rotor rotates, the rotoris at least partially immersed in the cleaning solution and distributes it in rotor chamber and/or the inlet is designed in such a way that the cleaning solution is distributed in rotor chamber when it is supplied by the rotating rotor.

Centrifuge and method for cleaning a centrifuge

A centrifuge for cleaning a reaction vessel unit comprises a rotor and a rotor chamber in which the rotor is positioned and supported in rotary fashion. The rotor chamber is delimited by a housing having a drainage channel beneath the rotor. Adjacent to the channel, the inner surface of the housing is embodied in the form of a funnel that feeds into the channel. This centrifuge does not require a suction pump for suctioning liquids from the rotor chamber. In addition, the centrifuge can be provided with an exchangeable module that delimits the rotor chamber and includes the rotor. The exchangeable module can be exchanged after a predetermined amount of use and replaced with another. It is also possible, however, for the module to be removed from the centrifuge, cleaned, and reinserted.

Centrifuge with drainage

A centrifuge has a rotor and a rotor chamber in which the rotor is arranged and rotatably mounted, wherein the rotor has a receiving region for receiving a reaction vessel unit, and the centrifuge being provided with a loading and unloading device comprising a rigid sliding rod for positioning a reaction vessel unit in or for removing a reaction vessel unit from the rotor, wherein the sliding bar is movably arranged in such a way that it, between a discharge position in which it extends through the rotor in the rotor chamber and a loading position in which it is pulled at least out of the region of the rotor chamber, which is stressed by the rotor during one revolution, and a linear drive for moving the sliding rod between the discharge position and the loading position.

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Concord, MA, United States of America

Frank Feist