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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2024
Filed:
May. 16, 2018
Tecan Trading Ag, Mannedorf, CH;
Markus Spiss, Zurich, CH;
Fred Schinzel, Mannedorf, CH;
Adrian Sager, Mannedorf, CH;
Markus Wolf, Mannedorf, CH;
TECAN TRADING AG, Mannedorf, CH;
Abstract
A centrifugal processing unit for directing the movement of substances within a sample processing cartridge having a rotor for receiving the sample processing cartridge, a rotor drive to create a centrifugal force, the centrifugal processing unit having a pivot accommodation and a fix accommodation for receiving the sample processing cartridge that are arranged on the rotor, where each pivot accommodation being adapted to allow a free pivoting motion of the received sample processing cartridge about a respective pivot axis, and each pivot axis being orthogonal to the rotor axis to the respective force vector of the centrifugal force.