US 12,270,817 B2
Robotic control for aseptic processing
Giovanni Scialò, Frascati (IT); Davide Recchia, Frascati (IT); and Claudio Bechini, Siena (IT)
Assigned to PARTICLE MEASURING SYSTEMS, INC., Boulder, CO (US); and PHARMA INTEGRATION S.R.L., Siena (IT)
Filed by PARTICLE MEASURING SYSTEMS, INC., Boulder, CO (US); and PHARMA INTEGRATION S.R.L., Siena (IT)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/390,118.
Application 18/390,118 is a continuation of application No. 17/151,899, filed on Jan. 19, 2021, granted, now 11,892,462.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/963,895, filed on Jan. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0159787 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. G01N 35/00 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/12 (2006.01); C12Q 1/04 (2006.01); G01N 1/22 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 35/0099 (2013.01) [B01L 3/502 (2013.01); B25J 9/0009 (2013.01); B25J 11/00 (2013.01); C12M 23/22 (2013.01); C12M 37/00 (2013.01); C12Q 1/04 (2013.01); G01N 1/2208 (2013.01); G01N 1/2273 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0689 (2013.01); B01L 2300/04 (2013.01); B01L 2300/168 (2013.01)] 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An impactor comprising:
a sampling head comprising one or more intake apertures for sampling a fluid flow containing particles; and
an impactor base operationally connected to receive at least a portion of the fluid flow from the sampling head; the impactor base comprising an impact surface for receiving at least a portion of the particles in the fluid flow and an outlet for exhausting the fluid flow;
a magnet fixed to the sampling head or the impactor base configured to engage with a robotic device magnet of a robotic device; and
a sampling head magnet fixed to the sampling head, wherein the one or more intake apertures are disposed in a radial array on the sampling head, and wherein the sampling head magnet is fixed to the sampling head in the center of the radial array;
wherein the sampling head and the impactor base engage to enclose the impact surface.