Patent ID: 7261860
Filing Date: 2007-08-28
Classification: A01K,B04B,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A apparatus for centrifugation and manipulation of samples comprising: a housing defining an environment therein; at least one carousel rotatably coupled via a carousel drive subsystem to said housing through a first axis through said at least one carousel to enable an infinite number of inertial acceleration conditions within said environment; a plurality of sample holder assemblies, each of said sample holder assemblies having a respective longitudinal centroidal axis therethrough, coupled to said carousel and disposed at a distance from said first axis, each sample holder assembly rotatably coupled to said carousel via a sample turning subsystem for rotation about each of said respective longitudinal centroidal axes therethrough; and a control computer interfaced with said carousel drive subsystem and said sample turning subsystem and at least one output device, and driven by software that activates and deactivates said carousel drive subsystem and said sample turning subsystem at times and for durations and speeds defined by a user wherein said carousel drive subsystem further comprises a carousel base mounted to said housing and a carousel plate rotatably coupled to said carousel base by a drive mechanism.