US 11,890,623 B2
Bucket insert for use in a centrifuge
Claudio Cherubini, Cham (CH); and Andreas Drechsler, Baar (CH)
Assigned to ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC., Indianapolis, IN (US)
Filed by Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US)
Filed on Nov. 20, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/953,868.
Claims priority of application No. 19211030 (EP), filed on Nov. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0154684 A1, May 27, 2021
Int. Cl. B04B 7/12 (2006.01); B04B 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC B04B 7/12 (2013.01) [B04B 5/0421 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bucket insert for use in a centrifuge, the bucket insert comprising:
an insert body, the insert body comprising a plurality of elongated receptacles for receiving elongated sample vessels, wherein the elongated receptacles have a length that is equal or greater than the length of the elongated sample vessels, wherein the bucket insert is configured for orienting the elongated sample vessels in a tilted orientation, wherein in the tilted orientation, at least some of the elongated sample vessels are oriented in a non-parallel fashion, wherein the bucket insert is configured for orienting the elongated sample vessels in a parallel orientation, wherein in the parallel orientation the elongated sample vessels are oriented in a parallel fashion, wherein the bucket insert is at least partially flexibly deformable, and wherein the bucket insert is configured for re-orienting the elongated sample vessels from the tilted orientation into the parallel orientation and/or vice versa by deformation of the insert body.