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LYOPHILIZED BEAD HANDLING
| Application Number |
US2022077194 |
| Publication Number |
2023/056306 |
| Status |
In Force |
| Filing Date |
2022-09-28 |
| Publication Date |
2023-04-06 |
| Owner |
MIKRON CORPORATION DENVER (USA)
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| Inventor |
- Hewitt, Tod, Sean
- Shamsunder, Giridhar
- Gunner, Michael B.
- Pointet, Flavio
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for handling beads such as lyophilized beads or cryo beads to enable reliable singulation of the beads and facilitate accurate dosing. The bead handling equipment (100) includes an equipment housing (102) containing a hopper (104) and a bead dispenser (103), a gas delivery system (105), and an inspection system (120). The housing 102 may be pressurized by supplying pressurized gas to the housing 102 from the gas delivery system 105. The bead dispenser includes a piston 106 operative to singulate individual beads from the stream of beads exiting the hopper 104 and to deliver individual beads to a feed channel 108 and to a container 110. The inspection system 120 identifies bead fragments, or beads that are otherwise mis-sized, so that such beads can be rejected and not delivered to the container 110.
IPC Classes ?
- B65B 35/28 - Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles by pneumatic conveyors
- B65B 35/06 - Separating single articles from loose masses of articles
- B65B 5/10 - Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
- G01N 21/88 - Investigating the presence of flaws, defects or contamination
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Lyophilized bead handling
| Application Number |
17936304 |
| Grant Number |
12275545 |
| Status |
In Force |
| Filing Date |
2022-09-28 |
| First Publication Date |
2023-03-30 |
| Grant Date |
2025-04-15 |
| Owner |
Mikron Corporation Denver (USA)
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| Inventor |
- Hewitt, Tod Sean
- Shamsunder, Giridhar
- Gunner, Michael B.
- Pointet, Flavio
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for handling beads such as lyophilized beads or cryo beads to enable reliable singulation of the beads and facilitate accurate dosing. The bead handling equipment (100) includes an equipment housing (102) containing a hopper (104) and a bead dispenser (103), a gas delivery system (105), and an inspection system (120). The housing 102 may be pressurized by supplying pressurized gas to the housing 102 from the gas delivery system 105. The bead dispenser includes a piston 106 operative to singulate individual beads from the stream of beads exiting the hopper 104 and to deliver individual beads to a feed channel 108 and to a container 110. The inspection system 120 identifies bead fragments, or beads that are otherwise mis-sized, so that such beads can be rejected and not delivered to the container 110.
IPC Classes ?
- B65B 35/06 - Separating single articles from loose masses of articles
- B65B 1/06 - Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles by gravity flow
- B65B 1/38 - Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality of the material fed or filled by volumetric devices or methods by pistons co-operating with measuring chambers
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