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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 02, 1998
Michael R Walters, Baltimore, MD (US);
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method for rotating a fluid tube about its longitudinal axis while a centrifuge apparatus is rotating the fluid tube in a rotational direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the tube by utilizing an apparatus comprising an engaging member configured to engage a gear which is mechanically coupled to the fluid tube, and a driver configured to apply a driving force to the engaging member to cause the engaging member to engage and rotate the gear, which rotates the fluid tube about its longitudinal axis. This method can therefore obtain readings of the centrifuged sample from different locations about the circumference of the fluid tube at different orientations of the fluid tube.