IP Library Granted Patent US 8,857,073
Granted Patent B2
US 8,857,073 · App. 13/491,660 · Granted Oct 14, 2014

Method for vacuum concentration

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Patent No.
US 8,857,073
App. No.
13/491,660
Granted
Oct 14, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Vacuum concentrator, comprising a vacuum chamber with a closure which may be sealed in an airtight manner, a centrifuge rotor arranged in the vacuum chamber with at least one receiver for at least one vessel for samples to be dried, a drive motor arranged outside the vacuum chamber for driving the centrifuge rotor, a vacuum pump connected to the vacuum chamber, a tempering device associated with the vacuum chamber for tempering the at least one sample in the vacuum chamber, a pressure sensor associated with the vacuum chamber for detecting the pressure inside the vacuum chamber and an electrical control and evaluating device which is connected to the drive motor, the vacuum pump, the tempering device and the pressure sensor, for detecting the end point of the vacuum concentration by means of the pressures detected by the pressure sensor in the vacuum chamber and terminating the vacuum concentration when the end point is determined.

Claims (1)

1. Method for vacuum concentration of samples, in which at least one vessel with a sample to be dried is arranged in a centrifuge rotor in a vacuum chamber and the vacuum chamber is sealed in an airtight manner, the centrifuge rotor is rotated, the vacuum chamber is evacuated, the at least one sample is tempered in the vacuum chamber, the temperature is detected in a suction tube for applying a vacuum to the vacuum chamber, by means of the detected temperature the temperature of the samples is regulated to a set value, further in which the temperature regulation comprises the detection of the temperature, in which a temperature sensor is located in a suction tube, the suction tube being aligned with the centre of the centrifuge rotor.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 7, 2023
From: EPPENDORF AG
To: EPPENDORF SE
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