CN213621634U - Biological sample refrigeration storage system - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a biological refrigeration plant field discloses a biological sample cold-stored storage system, include: the utility model solves the problems of poor sample preservation effect caused by the fact that the storage system in the prior art takes out the whole sample storage box, and frosting easily caused by the fact that the sample is stored and taken out frequently and the energy consumption of the equipment is high; meanwhile, when the sample box is stored, the sample test tubes in the box are orderly stacked in advance, so that the sample box is convenient for unified management and next use.

Description

Biological sample refrigeration storage system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a biological refrigeration plant field particularly, relates to a biological sample cold-stored storage system.

Background

The existing refrigeration system is formed by combining a plurality of refrigerators, and the storage and taking processes all need manual complete operation, so that several problems can be caused: 1: when the manual operation is carried out, the door of the refrigeration system needs to be opened and closed frequently, so that cold air in the refrigeration system leaks, and a biological sample cannot be well preserved; 2: when a single sample box needs to be taken out or stored, the whole storage rack needs to be completely taken out, so that the sample box which does not need to be taken out or stored is exposed to relatively high external temperature, and the storage of the sample box is not favorable; 3: the sample test tubes are randomly stacked in the sample box, which is not beneficial to storage, and when the samples need to be taken out or stored in the same sample box repeatedly, the repeated storage steps of the sample test tubes are too many, and the storage and taking-out time is wasted; if the sample test tubes are orderly and manually stacked in the sample box before storage, when a large amount of samples need to be stored, the waste of manpower is extremely large.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims at providing a biological sample refrigeration storage system, which solves the problems of poor sample preservation effect caused by taking out the whole storage system sample storage box in the prior art, frosting easily caused by frequent opening of the door to store and take out samples in the sample warehouse and high energy consumption of equipment; meanwhile, when the sample box is stored, the sample test tubes in the box are orderly stacked in advance, so that the sample box is convenient for unified management and next use.

The utility model discloses a realize like this: a biological specimen refrigerated storage system comprising: the device comprises a controller, a refrigeration house, a plurality of storage racks, a carrying assembly, a sorting device and at least one refrigerating system; the storage racks are arranged in the refrigerator, the bottom of each storage rack is provided with a driving mechanism, and each storage rack can move in the refrigerator under the driving of the driving mechanism; the carrying assembly comprises a transverse carrying mechanism, a longitudinal carrying mechanism and a grabbing piece, the carrying assembly conveys the sample boxes from the arranging device into the storage rack, and the grabbing piece is used for grabbing the sample boxes; the arranging device is used for arranging and combining the test tubes in the sample box from the new arrangement, and inducing and arranging the test tubes; the controller is used for controlling the movement of each component in the biological sample refrigeration storage system.

Further, the finishing device comprises: a housing, a sample storage assembly, a collation assembly, and a transport assembly; the sample storage assembly is disposed inside the housing, the sample storage assembly comprising: the sample box storage rack is arranged on the base; the arranging assembly is arranged in the shell and comprises a base station for placing a sample box, a manipulator for grabbing a test tube, a transverse moving assembly and a longitudinal moving assembly, wherein the fixed end of the longitudinal moving assembly is fixedly connected to the base station, the fixed end of the transverse moving assembly is fixedly connected with the movable end of the longitudinal moving assembly, the manipulator is fixedly connected with the movable end of the transverse moving assembly, and the base station is fixedly connected with the shell and arranged on the upper part of the base; the transportation assembly comprises a moving rail and a grabbing assembly, the moving rail is fixedly connected to the shell, the grabbing piece moves along the moving rail, the grabbing piece is used for grabbing the sample boxes in the sample storage assembly and sending the sample boxes to the arrangement assembly, and the grabbing assembly and the grabbing piece are designed in the same structure; the shell is provided with an observation window, a taking and placing window and a transportation window, the observation window is provided with a transparent material for sealing the observation window, and the taking and placing window is provided with a transparent push-pull plate.

Furthermore, the vertical projection plane of base is regular hexagon, and the base is rotary motion along the axis of base under the drive of motor, and the storage frame is installed on the side of base.

Furthermore, the number of the storage racks is more than or equal to 3, the storage racks can rotate around the rotating shafts of the storage racks, each storage rack is composed of a plurality of storage units, and each storage unit contains one sample box.

Furthermore, the device also comprises a code reader which is used for identifying and reading the codes on the sample test tubes and the codes on the sample boxes.

Further, the grabbing piece comprises a transverse telescopic rod and a bearing plate, the fixed end of the transverse telescopic rod moves along the movement track, the movable end of the transverse movement assembly is fixedly connected with the bearing plate, and the end part of the bearing plate is provided with a protrusion for hooking the sample box.

The utility model has the advantages that: the utility model provides a biological sample cold-stored storage system:

1: the whole equipment realizes automatic storage, improves the storage efficiency and greatly liberates invalid labor force.

2: the problem that the samples are damaged greatly due to the fact that the rest irrelevant samples are exposed in a relatively high-temperature environment for a long time when the whole frame or the whole box is taken out is solved.

And 3, as the whole process does not need to open a storage door, the problems of frosting in the storage and sample frosting are effectively avoided, and the normal storage of the sample is ensured.

And 4, the problem that the body is damaged when the worker is exposed to a low-temperature environment for a long time is avoided.

And 5, before the sample box is stored, the sample test tubes in the sample box are tidily stacked again, so that unified management is facilitated, and the next operation on the test tubes in the same sample box is facilitated.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings that are required to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, it should be understood that the following drawings only illustrate some embodiments of the present invention, and therefore should not be considered as limiting the scope, and for those skilled in the art, other related drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without inventive efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a biological sample refrigeration storage system provided by the utility model;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of a plurality of storage racks in the biological sample refrigeration storage system provided by the utility model;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of a middle carrier assembly of the biological sample refrigeration storage system provided by the utility model;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a middle storage rack of the biological sample refrigeration storage system provided by the utility model;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a shell of a middle sorting device of the biological sample refrigeration storage system provided by the utility model;

fig. 6 is a first schematic structural diagram of a middle sorting device of the biological sample refrigeration storage system provided by the utility model;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram ii of a middle sorting device of the biological sample refrigeration storage system provided by the utility model;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of a gripping member in the biological sample refrigerating and storing system provided by the utility model;

in the figure: 1-sample cartridge, 11-storage rack, 111-drive mechanism, 20-carrying assembly, 21-transverse carrying mechanism, 22-longitudinal carrying mechanism, 23-grasping member, 30-collating device, 40-refrigeration system, 100-housing, 110-observation window, 120-pick-and-place window, 130-transport window, 200-sample storage assembly, 210-base, 220-storage rack, 300-collating assembly, 310-base, 320-manipulator, 330-transverse motion assembly, 340-longitudinal motion assembly, 400-transport assembly, 410-motion rail, 420-grasping assembly, 421-transverse telescopic rod, 422-carrying plate, 423-protrusion.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention. The components of embodiments of the present invention, as generally described and illustrated in the figures herein, may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations.

Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention, presented in the accompanying drawings, is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the invention. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, it need not be further defined and explained in subsequent figures.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "inside" and "outside" are used for indicating the position or positional relationship based on the position or positional relationship shown in the drawings, or the position or positional relationship that the utility model is usually placed when using, and are only for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but not for indicating or implying that the device or element to be referred must have a specific position, be constructed and operated in a specific position, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

The terms "first," "second," and the like are used solely to distinguish one from another and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

Example (b):

referring to fig. 1-8, a biological specimen refrigerated storage system includes: the device comprises a controller, a refrigeration house, a plurality of storage racks 11, a carrying assembly 20, a collating device 30 and at least one refrigerating system 40; the sample box 1 filled with the biological samples is firstly arranged on the sample test tubes in the sample box 1 through the arranging device 30 and then conveyed to the storage rack 11 through the carrying assembly 20, and it should be noted that the arranging device 30 and the refrigerating system 40 of the storage rack 11 are independently arranged, so that the problems of frosting in the storage and sample frosting are avoided by firstly passing through the arranging device and then entering the sample box 1 on the storage rack 11, and the normal storage of the samples is ensured; the temperature in the whole storage rack 11 is ensured to be consistent, the high-low temperature difference inside and outside the storage rack 11 is avoided, and the problem that the damage to the sample is large due to the fact that other unrelated samples are exposed in a relatively high-temperature environment for a long time because the whole rack or the whole box is taken out due to the fact that the whole door needs to be opened in the prior art is effectively avoided; the whole equipment automatically realizes the functions of storing and taking out, reduces manual operation, and therefore avoids a series of complications caused by long-term contact of operators with a low-temperature environment.

Specifically, the storage racks 11 are arranged inside the refrigeration house, the bottom of each storage rack 11 is provided with a driving mechanism 111, and each storage rack 11 can move in the refrigeration house under the driving of the driving mechanism 111; the driving mechanism 111 under the specific storage rack 11 receives the signal from the controller to perform driving processing, so as to facilitate the carrying assembly 20 to transport the sample to the storage rack 11, it should be noted that the specific shape and size of the storage rack 11 are not limited at all, in this embodiment, a frame with two transparent sides is mainly used as the storage rack 11, and in addition, a plurality of storage units are separately formed on the storage rack 11 to place the sample cartridges 1.

The carrier assembly 20 comprises a transverse carrier mechanism 21, a longitudinal carrier mechanism 22 and a gripping member 23, the carrier assembly 20 transports the sample box 1 from the collating device 30 into the storage rack 11, and the gripping member 23 is used for gripping the sample box 1; specifically, the transverse carrying mechanism 21 and the longitudinal carrying mechanism 22 adopt, but are not limited to, components in a synchronous belt linear motion, a gear and rack linear motion, a screw rod module linear motion or an air cylinder linear motion mode. Grabbing piece 23 includes horizontal telescopic link 421 and loading board 422, the stiff end of horizontal telescopic link 421 moves along motion rail 410 way, the loose end fixed connection loading board 422 of horizontal motion subassembly, the tip of loading board 422 is equipped with the protruding 423 that is used for hooking sample box 1, the complex, place the place of sample box 1 in entire system and set up the boss of protruding 423 of cooperation, it is unsettled with the middle part of sample box 1 through the boss to this is convenient for grabbing of sample box 1.

The arranging device 30 combines the test tubes in the sample box 1 from the new arrangement to induction arrangement; specifically, the organizing device 30 includes a housing 100, a sample storage assembly 200, an organizing assembly 300, and a transport assembly 400; the arrangement assembly 300 is arranged to automatically arrange the sample tubes in the stored sample boxes 1, so that the efficiency of stacking the biological sample boxes 1 is improved, a large amount of labor is not occupied, and the complicated step of repeatedly adding the sample tubes is saved; the sample storage assembly is arranged so that an operator can simply and quickly place the sample box 1 into the storage rack 220, and the storage step of the operator is optimized.

Disposed within the housing 100 is a sample storage assembly 200, the sample storage assembly 200 comprising: a base 210 and a storage rack 220 for loading the sample cartridge 1, the storage rack 220 being disposed on the base 210; wherein, the vertical projection plane of the base 210 is a regular hexagon, the base 210 is driven by the motor to rotate along the central axis of the base 210, and the storage rack 220 is installed on the side surface of the base 210; the number of the storage racks 220 is greater than or equal to two, and the storage racks 220 are circumferentially and tightly arranged in the base 210, each storage rack 220 is composed of a plurality of storage units, each storage unit accommodates one sample cartridge 1, and when the transportation assembly 400 grabs the sample cartridge 1, the base 210 drives the storage rack 220 to rotate according to actual requirements.

The arranging assembly 300 is arranged inside the housing 100, the arranging assembly 300 comprises a base table 310 for placing the sample box 1, a manipulator 320 for grabbing the test tube, a transverse moving assembly 330 and a longitudinal moving assembly 340, wherein a fixed end of the longitudinal moving assembly is fixedly connected to the base table 310, a fixed end of the transverse moving assembly is fixedly connected to a movable end of the longitudinal moving assembly, the manipulator 320 is fixedly connected to a movable end of the transverse moving assembly, the base table 310 is fixedly connected to the housing 100 and is arranged on the upper portion of the base 210, and it should be noted that the transverse moving assembly and the longitudinal moving assembly are all electronic telescopic rods, pneumatic telescopic rods or screw rod transmission rods; in addition, the manipulator 320 also adopts the prior art solution, which is not explained here, it should be noted that the manipulator 320 needs to detect the sample test tubes when sorting the sample test tubes, and the detection mode here is realized by adopting the prior art solution: such as: if the code reader reads the marked test tube or a sensor is arranged in the sample box 1 to detect whether a sample test tube exists in each test tube groove, the sample test tubes are sequentially stacked, the whole detection is controlled by the controller, and it should be noted that the control mode of the controller includes but is not limited to PLC, and the control mode is also the prior art and is not interpreted.

The transportation assembly 400 comprises a moving rail 410 and a grabbing assembly 420, wherein the moving rail 410 is fixedly connected to the housing 100, the grabbing piece 23 moves along the moving rail 410, specifically, the moving rail 410 adopts a straight moving rail 410 which can be seen on the market, so that the grabbing assembly 420 can move on the straight moving rail 410, and the arrangement of the moving rail 410 comprises the following steps according to the design requirements: the linear track and the curve track are arranged by the storage rack 220; the gripping member 23 is used for gripping the sample box 1 in the sample storage assembly 200 and sending the sample box 1 into the sorting assembly 300; similarly, the identification of the sample cartridge 1 by the grasping element 23 is carried out in a commercially visible manner, including but not limited to: in the embodiment, the specific control mode is not listed, and the existing control principle is adopted; in addition, the structure of the grabbing component 420 is the same as that of the grabbing component 23, and comprises a transverse telescopic rod 421 and a bearing plate 422, wherein the fixed end of the transverse telescopic rod 421 moves along the moving track 410, the movable end of the transverse moving component is fixedly connected with the bearing plate 422, the end of the bearing plate 422 is provided with a protrusion 423 for hooking the sample box 1, and in cooperation with the protrusion 423, bosses for matching the protrusion 423 are arranged at the positions where the sample boxes 1 are placed on the sorting component 300 and the sample storage component, and the middle parts of the sample boxes 1 are suspended through the bosses, so that the grabbing of the sample boxes 1 is facilitated; it should be further noted that, here, the telescopic rod includes but is not limited to an electronic telescopic rod, the transverse telescopic rod 421 drives the bearing plate 422 to hook the sample box 1 and transport it into the sorting assembly 300, and the connection mode of the transverse movement assembly and the movement rail 410 includes but is not limited to a synchronous belt linear movement, a rack and pinion linear movement, a screw rod module linear movement or an air cylinder linear movement; in addition, no matter how the sample box 1 moves, the sample box 1 on the storage rack 220 may be sent to the arranging assembly 300, and a protective cover for preventing the sample box 1 from falling is provided at the fixed end of the horizontal extension bar 421 in order to prevent the sample box 1 from falling during transportation. The housing 100 is provided with an observation window 110, a pick-and-place window 120 and a transportation window 130, the observation window 110 is provided with a transparent material for sealing the observation window 110, and the pick-and-place window 120 is provided with a transparent push-pull plate.

It is also noted that the refrigeration system 40 includes a single or multiple mechanical refrigeration systems 40 and backup refrigeration systems 40. The mechanical refrigeration system 40 may be an evaporator refrigeration system 40, and the like, and one or more of the evaporator refrigeration systems may be correspondingly provided, in order to ensure that the entire storage system is normally refrigerated, in this embodiment, a backup refrigeration system 40 is further provided, preferably, the backup refrigeration system 40 is a liquid nitrogen or carbon dioxide backup refrigeration system 40, and certainly, the mechanical refrigeration system 40 may also be adopted, and no specific limitation is made herein. The refrigeration system 40 adopts a single or a plurality of mechanical refrigeration systems 40 to ensure the safety of sample storage and a standby refrigeration system 40 with multiple guarantees.

A storage method based on a biological sample refrigerated storage system, comprising the steps of:

s1: placing the sample cartridge containing the sample tube into the sample storage assembly 200 through the housing 100;

s2: the sample box 1 is transported to the arranging component 300 through the transporting component 400, and the sample test tubes are arranged;

s3: the finished sample boxes 1 are conveyed to the storage rack 11 side through the carrying assembly 20;

s4: starting the driving mechanism 111 to open the storage rack 11 and put the sample box 1 into the storage rack 11;

s5: the above-described operations are repeated to successively store the sample cartridges 1 in the storage rack 11, completing the storage of the sample cartridges 1.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (6)

1. A biological specimen refrigerated storage system, comprising: the device comprises a controller, a refrigeration house, a plurality of storage racks, a carrying assembly, a sorting device and at least one refrigerating system;

the storage racks are arranged in the refrigeration house, the bottom of each storage rack is provided with a driving mechanism, and each storage rack can move in the refrigeration house under the driving of the driving mechanism;

the carrier assembly comprises a transverse carrier mechanism, a longitudinal carrier mechanism and a grabbing piece, the carrier assembly is used for conveying the sample boxes from the collating device into the storage rack, and the grabbing piece is used for grabbing the sample boxes;

the sorting device combines the test tubes in the sample box from new arrangement to summarize and sort;

the controller is used for controlling the movement of each component in the biological sample refrigeration storage system.

2. The biological specimen refrigerated storage system of claim 1 wherein the organizing device comprises: a housing, a sample storage assembly, a collation assembly, and a transport assembly;

the sample storage assembly is disposed inside the housing, the sample storage assembly comprising: the storage rack is arranged on the base;

the arranging assembly is arranged in the shell and comprises a base platform used for placing a sample box, a manipulator used for grabbing a test tube, a transverse moving assembly and a longitudinal moving assembly, wherein the fixed end of the longitudinal moving assembly is fixedly connected to the base platform, the fixed end of the transverse moving assembly is fixedly connected with the movable end of the longitudinal moving assembly, the manipulator is fixedly connected with the movable end of the transverse moving assembly, and the base platform is fixedly connected with the shell and arranged on the upper portion of the base;

the transportation assembly comprises a moving rail and a grabbing assembly, the moving rail is fixedly connected to the shell, the grabbing member moves along the moving rail, the grabbing member is used for grabbing sample boxes in the sample storage assembly and sending the sample boxes to the arranging assembly, and the grabbing assembly and the grabbing member are designed in the same structure;

the shell is provided with an observation window, a taking and placing window and a transportation window, the observation window is provided with a transparent material for sealing the observation window, and the taking and placing window is provided with a transparent push-pull plate.

3. The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the base has a regular hexagonal vertical projection, the base is driven by the motor to rotate along the central axis of the base, and the storage rack is mounted on the side of the base.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the number of the storage shelves is 3 or more and can rotate around the rotation axis, and the storage shelves are composed of a plurality of storage units, and each storage unit contains a sample box.

5. The system of claim 2, further comprising a code reader for identifying, reading the code on the sample tube and the code on the sample cartridge.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein the grasping member comprises a transverse telescoping rod and a carrier plate, the fixed end of the transverse telescoping rod moves along the track, the movable end of the transverse motion assembly is fixedly attached to the carrier plate, and the end of the carrier plate is provided with a protrusion for hooking a sample cartridge.

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