Patent ID: 8672243

Claim:
A centrifuge nozzle wherein the centrifuge nozzle includes: a nozzle body defining an inlet in fluid communication with a nozzle outlet; a camming portion projecting radially outwardly from said nozzle body and defining a surface frictionally engageable with a portion of a rotor bowl; said nozzle body being cylindrical and adapted to be slidably engaged and releasably positioned in an aperture defined by said rotor bowl so that upon engagement of said nozzle body into said aperture, said nozzle body can be rotated to cause said camming portion to engage said rotor bowl; said nozzle body defining a male mounting portion for slidably engaging a complimentarily shaped female slot defined by a nozzle insertion and extraction tool, said male mounting portion defining a dove-tail shaped cross-section having opposing straight edges; said outlet is located adjacent to said male mounting portion; and said inlet progressively tapers to an approximately cylindrical flow passage oriented at an angle relative to said inlet, said flow passage being in fluid communication with said nozzle outlet.