公开(公告)号：US5334130A

公开(公告)日：1994-08-02

申请号：US882596

申请日：1992-05-13

申请人： Michael Glater ,  Carlos Barreda ,  Yury Zlobinsky

发明人： Michael Glater ,  Carlos Barreda ,  Yury Zlobinsky

IPC分类号： B01D3/08 ,  B01D3/10 ,  B04B5/04 ,  B04B15/08 ,  G01N1/40 ,  B04B1/18 ,  B01D1/00

CPC分类号： G01N1/40 ,  B01D3/08 ,  B01D3/10 ,  B04B15/08 ,  B04B5/0414 ,  G01N2001/4027 ,  Y10S159/16

摘要： A vial holding a material such as an organic liquid-containing biological specimen is received in the receptor of a holder assembly, the assembly further including a centrifugal valve. The holder is mounted on a rotor in a centrifugal vacuum concentrator and the specimen is then subjected to a treatment such as drying in the vacuum chamber. Vapor from the drying vents into the concentrator vacuum chamber, the centrifugal valve which is a normally closed component opens due to imposition thereon of centrifugal force created during and attending rotor speed above a certain RPM. At completion of the treatment and before the rotor falls from its certain RPM, a dried material protective gas blanket can be flowed into the vial, the valve closing to seal the vial and protected contents when RPM of the rotor falls below the certain RPM. The valve also is a pressure relief valve that functions when the rotor is at rest to open when a pressure is present in the vial at or above a predetermined value to relieve the pressure and thereby protect the vial and its contents. The holder assembly can serve as a sealed, protected specimen package facilitating handling and storage of the specimen.

摘要翻译： 将容纳诸如含有机液体生物样本的材料的小瓶容纳在保持器组件的接收器中，该组件还包括离心阀。 保持器安装在离心式真空浓缩器中的转子上，然后对样品进行如真空室中的干燥处理。 从干燥通风口进入浓缩器真空室的蒸汽，作为常闭部件的离心阀由于在其上产生的离心力并在高于某一RPM的转子速度下进行打开。 在完成处理并且在转子从其某些RPM下降之前，干燥的材料保护气体覆盖层可以流入小瓶中，关闭该阀以密封小瓶并且当转子的转速低于特定RPM时受保护的内容物。 当阀门处于或超过预定值的压力存在于转子处于静止状态时，阀也是一个减压阀，以减轻压力，从而保护小瓶及其内容物。 保持器组件可用作密封的受保护的样品包，便于处理和储存样品。