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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2000
Patrick Q. Moore, Gilroy, CA (US);
Shahla Sheikholeslam, Los Altos, CA (US);
Beckman Coulter, Inc., Fullerton, CA (US);
Abstract
A removable adapter for a centrifuge container is described. The adapter has an opening on top, an exterior surface and an interior surface. The exterior surface of the adapter body completely conforms to the bottom portion of the centrifuge container cavity. The interior surface of the adapter body has an internal sidewall and a bottom with a pellet well. The pellet well extends downwardly, toward the exterior surface. Also, an assembly is disclosed, including the adapter of the present invention with a pellet well and a liner, conforming to the interior surface of the adapter, once inside the adapter. Also provided by the present invention is a method for separating solids from suspensions by centrifugation. In this method, the removable adapter with a pellet well of the present invention is placed into a centrifuge container. Then, the suspension is placed into the centrifuge container. When centrifugation is completed, the pellet is removed from the pellet well. The method may include an additional step of placing a liner into the adapter prior to the placing the suspension into the centrifuge container.