Abstract:
The current technology relates to a portion of a transfer port having a port ring configured for placement in a barrier wall. The port ring has a first side and a second side and defines a port opening extending from the first side to the second side. A port door is pivotably coupled to the second side and is configured to selectively and sealably obstruct the port opening. The port ring defines a sealing surface on the first side of the port ring, concentric to the port opening that is configured to receive a gasketing material. The port ring defines an interface insert receptacle having a portion of an annular surface concentric to the sealing surface and an inner cylindrical face extending between the first side and the annular surface. The port ring is configured define a fastening structure that is configured to releasably fasten to an interface insert.
Abstract:
A multi-well fluid container that includes a container body is provided for use in an in vitro diagnostics automation system. The container body includes a first well having a first well size configured to hold a first fluid and an openable first well closure that covers a first well opening. The first well opening provides access to the first fluid in the first well when the openable first well closure is opened. The container body also includes a second well having a second well size configured to hold a second fluid and having an openable second well closure that covers a second well opening. The second well opening provides access to the second fluid in the second well when the openable second well closure is opened. The first well size of the first well is different than the second well size of the second well.
Abstract:
Described is a carrier device (1) for a single container of biological products or single test tube (2), comprising a base (3) with a cavity (4), and a closing element (5). Said base (3) has a central pin (6) with a cavity (7) in which an RFID transponder (8) is accommodated, is rotationally coupled to a toothed rotor (9), and further comprises four coupling holes (10), obtained in four cylinders (20) projecting upward and having vertical axis, in which pins (11) of four vertical gripping fingers (12) are inserted.
Abstract:
Ein Aspekt der Erfindung betrifft eine Temperiervorrichtung zum Temperieren eines Behälters umfassend: - zumindest einen Heizbereich mit zumindest einem Heizelement, und - zumindest einen Kühlbereich mit zumindest einem Kühlelement, wobei die Temperiervorrichtung zumindest bereichsweise flexibel ausgebildet ist, wobei die Temperiervorrichtung durch eine flexible Verformung von einer Offenposition in eine Anordnungsposition überführbar ist und wobei die Temperiervorrichtung in der Anordnungsposition zumindest bereichsweise formschlüssig an einer Wandung des Behälters anordenbar und derart thermisch kontaktierbar ist, daß der Behälter mittels des zumindest einen Heizelements und des zumindest einen Kühlelements temperierbar ist, sowie eine Anordnung mit der Temperiervorrichtung und einer Verwendung der Temperiervorrichtung.
Abstract:
A system for collecting and shipping a sample of nucleic acid, the system comprising a receptacle, a removable cap for the receptacle having a breather port and sample connection port, and a filter column removably attached to the inside of the receptacle cap in fluid communication with the sample connection port and containing a substrate for collecting the nucleic acid. A sample collection container interlocks to the sample collection port. A shipping container, closeable by a lid, is configured to detach the filter column from the receptacle cap and contain the column for shipping. Methods for collecting samples using the system preferably include a dehydrating wash step, such as with ethanol, and placement of a dessicant in the shipping container, so that nucleic acid samples can be transported under ambient, non-climate-controlled conditions, with stability for at least up to 4 weeks, ideal for collecting samples from undeveloped regions.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a laboratory apparatus (100) for handling at least one laboratory sample, in particular for mixing and/or adjusting the temperature of a biochemical laboratory sample (9), which is arranged in at least one sample vessel element (8), having a carrier device (3) for carrying the at least one sample vessel element, an electrical control device (5), which is set up for controlling or setting at least one operating parameter of the laboratory apparatus that controls this handling, and at least one sensor device (20) for recording at least one measured value, by which at least one geometrical property of the at least one sample vessel element can be determined, the at least one sensor device being signal-connected to the electrical control device, the electrical control device being set up for controlling the handling of the at least one laboratory sample in dependence on the at least one measured value and the at least one set operating parameter by at least one control step. The invention also relates to a method for handling at least one laboratory sample by means of a laboratory apparatus and to a computer program product for performing the method.
Abstract:
A sample port system/device associated with a fluid collection device is provided and is configured to receive fluid-containing devices of varying diameters. A method of improving the work flow and safety involved in acquiring and/or testing fluid samples using such sample port system/device is also provided.
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 adapter for connecting an array of pipette tips having through bores with conical upper ends to a multichannel air displacement pipettor having a plurality of ports with compliant internal sealing surfaces. The adapter comprises a planar base with an array of openings extending between its top and bottom surfaces. Sealing tubes project upwardly from the top surface, and tip mounting tubes project downwardly from the bottom surface, with pairs of sealing tubes and tip mounting tubes being arranged coaxially and in communication with respective ones of the openings in the base. The tip mounting tubes are externally dimensioned and configured for insertion into the conical upper ends of the pipette tips, and the sealing tubes are externally configured and dimensioned for insertion into the ports of the pipettor and into sealing interengagement with their compliant internal sealing surfaces.