A device and method are provided to facilitate the handling of a volume or fluid. The device includes an elongated tube having an open first end and a second end. The tube defines a reservoir for receiving the volume or fluid. A stanchion has a first end received within the reservoir of the tube and a second end projecting from the open end of the elongated tube. In operation, the elongated tube is deposited in a first capsule having fluid therein. The first capsule is centrifuged such that the volume of fluid is received in a reservoir in the tube through the open end. The tube is removed from the first capsule and positioned in a second capsule such that the open end of the tube is spaced from a closed end of the second capsule. The second capsule is centrifuged such that the volume of fluid is expelled from the reservoir of the tube.

An analytical laboratory system and method for processing samples is disclosed. The system includes a manager unit, as well as an aliquotter unit and a centrifuge unit.

An analytical laboratory system and method for processing samples is disclosed. The system includes a manager unit, as well as an aliquotter unit and a centrifuge unit.

Method and apparatus for centrifugal blood component separation including temperature sensing in each of a plurality of separation cells. The temperature of unit of bloods over time is recorded. If the temperature of any of the units exceeds a pre-determined maximum, portions of the blood separation device may be cooled. A controller may determine which of the units to process first, generally proceeding from the warmest unit to the coolest. The order of unit processing may be changed during processing. The detected temperature may be used to calibrate a pressure sensor used to predict the volume of a component separated from a composite fluid by predicting the volume of the composite fluid from sensed pressure and predicting the volume of other separated components from sensed movement of the other components to collection bags.

Method and apparatus for centrifugal blood component separation including temperature sensing in each of a plurality of separation cells. The temperature of unit of bloods over time is recorded. If the temperature of any of the units exceeds a pre-determined maximum, portions of the blood separation device may be cooled. A controller may determine which of the units to process first, generally proceeding from the warmest unit to the coolest. The order of unit processing may be changed during processing. The detected temperature may be used to calibrate a pressure sensor used to predict the volume of a component separated from a composite fluid by predicting the volume of the composite fluid from sensed pressure and predicting the volume of other separated components from sensed movement of the other components to collection bags.

Method and apparatus for centrifugal blood component separation including temperature sensing in each of a plurality of separation cells. The temperature of unit of bloods over time is recorded. If the temperature of any of the units exceeds a pre-determined maximum, portions of the blood separation device may be cooled. A controller may determine which of the units to process first, generally proceeding from the warmest unit to the coolest. The order of unit processing may be changed during processing. The detected temperature may be used to calibrate a pressure sensor used to predict the volume of a component separated from a composite fluid by predicting the volume of the composite fluid from sensed pressure and predicting the volume of other separated components from sensed movement of the other components to collection bags.

Method and apparatus for centrifugal blood component separation including temperature sensing in each of a plurality of separation cells. The temperature of unit of bloods over time is recorded. If the temperature of any of the units exceeds a pre-determined maximum, portions of the blood separation device may be cooled. A controller may determine which of the units to process first, generally proceeding from the warmest unit to the coolest. The order of unit processing may be changed during processing. The detected temperature may be used to calibrate a pressure sensor used to predict the volume of a component separated from a composite fluid by predicting the volume of the composite fluid from sensed pressure and predicting the volume of other separated components from sensed movement of the other components to collection bags.

In a method for controlling a centrifuge (100) comprising a rotor (106) and a drive component (104) for the rotor (106), an acoustic signal (AS) is received, at a computing device (102), via a sound transducer (108) located proximate to the rotor (106) of the centrifuge (100). The acoustic signal (AS) is pre-processed, by the computing device (102), by emphasizing at least one predetermined signal feature of the acoustic signal (AS), the signal feature indicating an abnormal operation of the centrifuge (100). An abnormal operation of the centrifuge (100) is detected, by the computing device (102), by processing the emphasized signal feature. An alarm signal and/or a termination signal (212) is generated, by the computing device (102), if an abnormal operation of the centrifuge (100) is detected.

In a method for controlling a centrifuge (100) comprising a rotor (106) and a drive component (104) for the rotor (106), an acoustic signal (AS) is received, at a computing device (102), via a sound transducer (108) located proximate to the rotor (106) of the centrifuge (100). The acoustic signal (AS) is pre-processed, by the computing device (102), by emphasizing at least one predetermined signal feature of the acoustic signal (AS), the signal feature indicating an abnormal operation of the centrifuge (100). An abnormal operation of the centrifuge (100) is detected, by the computing device (102), by processing the emphasized signal feature. An alarm signal and/or a termination signal (212) is generated, by the computing device (102), if an abnormal operation of the centrifuge (100) is detected.

An adapter is connectable to any one of a plurality of different instrument modules so that the connected adapter and any one of the plurality of different instrument modules is positionable within a centrifuge bucket. The adapter includes, for example, a support positionable in a first portion of the centrifuge bucket so that the any one of the plurality of different instrument modules is positionable in a second portion of the centrifuge bucket, a processor attachable to the support, a power source or a connector to a power source operably electrically connected to the processor, an interface operably connected to the processor for receiving data from the any one of the plurality of different instrument modules, and a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting data from the processor to a remote location.