IP Library Granted Patent US 9,724,688
Granted Patent B2
US 9,724,688 · App. 15/055,169 · Granted Aug 8, 2017

Isolator system

Inventors: Koichi Kobayashi (Tochigi, JP); Yasuhiko Yokoi (Hyogo, JP); Hironobu Sekine (Gunma, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
B01L1/025B01L1/04B25J21/02C12M37/00B01L2200/028B01L2200/087B01L2200/141B01L2300/1894
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Patent No.
US 9,724,688
App. No.
15/055,169
Granted
Aug 8, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An isolator system including: a box-shaped body case having, in an interior thereof, a work space for operation in a sterile environment and also having, in a front surface thereof, an insertion portion into which a worker's arm is inserted; and an air-conditioning portion configured to supply gas in the work space of the body case or to discharge gas in the work space, a bottom of the work space being configured with a work plate, a discharge path configured to discharge gas in the work space being formed below the work plate, the work plate being configured with first and second work plates obtained by dividing the work plate into right and left parts, a receiving portion being located below the first work plate, the receiving portion being arranged extending towards the second work plate on a side edge of the first work plate, the side edge of the first work plate being in contact with the second work plate, a side edge of the second work plate for being in contact with the first work plate being placed detachably on the receiving portion.

Claims (35)

1. An isolator system comprising:

a box-shaped body case having, in an interior thereof, a work space for operation in a sterile environment and also having, in a front surface thereof, an insertion portion into which a worker's arm is inserted; and

an air-conditioning portion configured to supply gas in the work space of the body case or to discharge gas in the work space, wherein:

a bottom of the work space is configured with a work plate,

a discharge path configured to discharge gas in the work space is formed below the work plate,

the work plate is configured with first and second work plates obtained by dividing the work plate into right and left parts,

a receiving portion located below the first work plate and arranged to extend toward the second work plate,

a side edged of the first work plate faces a side edge of the second work plate,

the side edge of the first work plate being in contact with the second work plate, and

on the receiving position, the side edge of the second work plate to be in contact with the first work plate is placed detachably.

2. The isolator system according to claim 1 , wherein

when the second work plate is placed on the receiving portion of the first work plate,

a top surface of the first work plate and a top surface of the second work plate are disposed substantially in a same plane.

3. The isolator system according to claim 2 , wherein:

a first supporting leg is provided on a corner portion of a lower surface of the first work plate,

a second supporting leg is provided on a corner portion of a lower surface of the second work plate, on an opposite side edge to a side edge which is in contact with the first work plate, and

a corner portion of the lower surface of the second work plate on the side edge which is in contact with the first work plate is a portion in which no second supporting leg is formed.

4. The isolator system according to claim 3 , wherein

in the lower surface of the second work plate, a reinforcing portion configured to prevent the second work plate from bending or vibrating is provided on the side edge of the second work plate which is in contact with the first work plate.

5. The isolator system according to claim 2 , wherein

in a lower surface of the second work plate, a reinforcing portion configured to prevent the second work plate from bending or vibrating is provided on the side edge of the second work plate which is in contact with the first work plate.

6. The isolator system according to claim 2 , wherein:

below the body case, a first device used in an operation is provided, and

in the work plate,

a first opening to reach the first device from the work space is provided, and

a first lid which covers the first opening in a manner capable of opening/closing is provided.

7. The isolator system according to claim 6 , wherein:

the first device is provided below the first work plate, and

the first opening and the first lid are provided in the first work plate.

8. The isolator system according to claim 7 , wherein:

below the second work plate, a second device used in an operation is provided,

in the second work plate,

a second opening to reach the second device from the work space is provided, and

a second lid which covers the second opening in a manner capable of opening/closing is provided, and

the first opening has a larger opening area than that of the second opening.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 29, 2018
From: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
To: PHC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046459/0861 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 8, 2016
From: KOBAYASHI, KOICHI; YOKOI, YASUHIKO; SEKINE, HIRONOBU
To: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 037922/0984 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-203337 · Sep 30, 2013 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2014075586 · Sep 26, 2014
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