US 12,235,197 B2
Automatic processing device for liquid samples
Po-Han Chen, Taipei (TW); Shih-Pei Wu, Yilan County (TW); Yi-Hsuan Chen, Miaoli County (TW); Chung-I Chen, Taoyuan (TW); Chun-Chieh Chiang, Hsinchu County (TW); and Chi-Ming Lee, Hsinchu County (TW)
Assigned to CANCER FREE BIOTECH LTD., Taipei (TW); and SONGYI SYSTEM CO., LTD., Hsinchu County (TW)
Filed by Cancer Free Biotech Ltd., Taipei (TW); and SONGYI SYSTEM CO., LTD., Hsinchu County (TW)
Filed on Apr. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/236,255.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/013,567, filed on Apr. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0333180 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. G01N 1/40 (2006.01); B04B 5/04 (2006.01); B04B 7/12 (2006.01); B04B 9/14 (2006.01); B04B 11/04 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/10 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 1/4077 (2013.01) [B04B 5/0421 (2013.01); B04B 7/12 (2013.01); B04B 9/146 (2013.01); B04B 11/04 (2013.01); G01N 35/10 (2013.01); B04B 2011/046 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00504 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
 
1. An automatic processing device for liquid samples, comprising:
a sample region, configured to accommodate a plurality of centrifuge tubes;
a mechanical module comprising:
a liquid drawing/dishing machine configured to draw liquid from the centrifuge tubes or discharge liquid to the centrifuge tubes, wherein the liquid drawing/discharging machine comprises:
a roller, the roller having a first end and a second end opposite to each other, and a plurality of grooves spirally along the longitudinal axis of the roller; and
a plurality of micropipettes operatively coupled to the plurality of grooves, wherein rotating the roller causes the micropipettes to move laterally in respect to the direction of the grooves; and
a centrifuge configured to accommodate the centrifuge tubes and perform a centrifugal treatment.