ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,976, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH (Gottingen, Germany).
"Flow-through centrifuge and method for bringing about an operational state of a flow-through centrifuge" was invented by Fabian Bittner (Hardegsen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a flow-through centrifuge which is used, for example, for biotechnical applications, in particular as a blood centrifuge. A driving arrangement and/or transmission arrangement of the flow-through centrifuge comprises a planetary gearset. In the planetary gearset, at least one planetary belt pulley is rotatably supported on a rotating ...