Abstract:
An insulated chamber having an interior chamber for storing items therein includes a phase change material to facilitate controlling the temperature of the interior chamber and the items. A heating device or cooling device may be used to melt or freeze the phase change material, which may be in various locations such as the walls of the chamber or packets which may serve as shelves and may be removable from the interior chamber with the items thereon. The packets may have recesses for receiving the items. The phase change material may be within capsules which may be within a liquid or a solid matrix. Controls may be provided to control humidity and carbon dioxide within the interior chamber.
Abstract:
The invention is related to a laboratory apparatus and method for the automated processing of liquid samples, in particular for the program controlled handling of liquid samples, having an electronic control device, which is adapted to process a program code for the program controlled processing of fluid samples, at least one processing space for receiving the fluid samples to be processed, at least one electronically controllable sample processing device for performing at least one program controlled process step on at least one sample, which is arranged in the processing space, at least one electronically controllable decontamination device for cleaning at least a part of the processing space, wherein the decontamination device is configured to be controlled by the control device and the control device is configured to digitally control the decontamination device.
Abstract:
The invention relates to fluid distribution in an exposure device. The exposure device, in some examples, is a device for exposing living cell cultures or cellular tissues to a fluid such as cigarette smoke, air and/or other gases or gas mixtures, for use in studies of the effects on the cell cultures or tissues of their exposure to the fluid. A fluid distribution member is described for distributing the fluid in the exposure device, the member including a plurality of apertures in a surface arranged such that, when the distribution member is fitted to the fluid exposure device, the distribution member receives fluid applied to the surface of the member and distributes the fluid, via the apertures, to samples to be exposed to the fluid in the exposure device.
Abstract:
An environmental cell assembly for use in microscopy and spectroscopy applications, including: an environmentally sealed body assembly configured to selectively hold and contain a sample; a plurality of ports manufactured into one or more surfaces of the body assembly for one or more of evacuating the body assembly and injecting a gas into or removing a gas from the body assembly; a port manufactured into a surface of the body assembly for receiving a translating stage configured to move the sample within the body assembly; and a port manufactured into a surface of the body assembly for receiving one or more lenses utilized in a microscopy or spectroscopy application; wherein the one or more lenses are disposed adjacent the sample without intervening structures disposed there between. The cell assembly also includes a port manufactured into a surface of the body assembly for retaining a window and providing visualization of the sample.
Abstract:
An automatic preparation system according to an embodiment includes a case, a pressure regulator, and a plurality of robots. The case has a workspace inside thereof. The pressure regulator keeps a negative pressure inside the case relative to the outside. The robots are installed on a ceiling surface of the case and have respective arms. The robots bring the arms into cooperation to perform a preparation operation.
Abstract:
A method and system for controlled rate freezing and nucleation of biological materials is provided. The presently disclosed system and method provides the ability to rapidly cool the materials contained in vials or other containers within a cooling unit via forced convective cooling and optionally simultaneous pressure drop using uniform and unidirectional flow of cryogen in proximity to the plurality of vials disposed within a cooling unit. The rapid cooling of the biological materials is achieved by precisely controlling and adjusting the temperature of the cryogen being introduced to the system as well as the chamber pressure as a function of time.
Abstract:
An isolator includes: a chamber to be decontaminated including an inlet provided with an intake filter and an outlet provided with a discharge filter; a first flow path through which outside air is taken into the chamber via the intake filter; a second flow path through which gas in the chamber is discharged via the discharge filter; a blower configured to take in the outside air to the chamber through the first flow path, as well as produce an air current to discharge the gas in the chamber through the second flow path; a decontaminating gas supply unit configured to supply decontaminating gas into the chamber without flowing through the intake filter and the discharge filter; and a third flow path through which the gas in the chamber is discharged via the intake filter when the decontaminating gas is supplied into the chamber.
Abstract:
In a preferred embodiment, a bioassay incubator for use with a robotic arm, the incubator including: a housing; a first plurality of linearly spaced apart shelves disposed within the housing, the shelves dimensioned to support thereon bioassay trays; a robotic access opening defined in the housing and extending along the first plurality of shelves, through which robotic access opening the first plurality of shelves may be accessed by a robotic arm to place on, or to remove from, the bioassay trays; sealing apparatus disposed over and substantially sealing the robotic access opening; and the sealing apparatus having defined therethrough a robotic access window, the robotic access window being positionable adjacent a selected one of the first plurality of shelves and being minimally dimensioned to permit the robotic arm to assess the selected one of the shelves therethrough, while the sealing apparatus otherwise substantially seals the robotic access opening to minimize disturbance of the interior environment of the incubator.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a production system (10), in particular for producing biological-pharmaceutical products (20), and/or a method for producing a product (20), in particular a biological-pharmaceutical product (20).