TW202210056A - Transport device for active specimens capable of ensuring that the active specimen can be immersed in the preservation liquid during transportation - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a transport device for active specimens, which is used for accommodating a plurality of containers that carry active specimens, and includes a frame, a rotating bracket and a storage assembly. The rotating bracket can rotate relative to the frame along a first pivot axis direction. The storage assembly can rotate relative to the rotating bracket along a second pivot axis direction. The first pivot axis direction is not parallel to the second pivot axis direction. The center of gravity of the storage assembly is lower than a pivot point of the rotating bracket and a pivot point of the storage assembly. As a result, the present invention can ensure that, when the specimen is transported, even if the frame of the specimen transport device is tilted or overturned due to shaking or vibration on the road, the rotating bracket and the storage assembly can still be rotated itself to the vertical direction by gravity. Therefore, the active specimen can be ensured to immerse in the preservation liquid during transportation so as to reduce the chance that the active specimen adheres to the tube wall to affect the activity.

Description

Active Specimen Transporter

The present invention relates to a container for storing active specimens, and in particular, to a transport device that can maintain the activity of the specimens during transportation after accommodating the specimens.

Since the active time of the active specimen is limited, it must be transported to the destination within a limited time after acquisition to preserve the activity of the specimen for further processing or use. Comply with Good Practice for Human Cells and Tissues (GTP) as much as possible. The requirements of Good Practice for Human Cells and Tissues (GTP) are as follows: 1. Avoid cross-contamination between personnel and active specimens during the transportation process, 2. Active specimens during transportation Real-time location tracking, 3. Real-time environmental records of active specimens during transportation, 4. Ensure that the environment of active specimens is stable and safe during transportation.

In the prior art, the transport of the active specimen is usually sealed in a test tube or container, and then placed in a device with simple heat preservation together with the test tube or container, and transported by a general carrier or vehicle, because the active specimen is usually stored together with the preservation liquid. Put it into a test tube or container, and in the process of transportation, there is often vibration or shaking. Sometimes the active sample has a high viscosity, so it is easy to adhere to the inner wall of the test tube, causing the active sample Being able to keep immersed in the preservation liquid to lose its activity means that this active specimen cannot be used. In addition, under long-term transportation, the active specimen may deteriorate due to the instability of the transportation environment, which is another reason why the active specimen cannot be further processed. Therefore, the method of transporting the active specimen in the prior art cannot provide an efficient, safe and stable transport environment to ensure the activity that meets the requirements of the Good Manufacturing Practice (GTP) for human cells and tissues.

In view of this, it is an urgent problem to be solved in the industry to propose a better improvement solution.

The main purpose of this creation is to provide an active specimen transport device, which can be used to accommodate a plurality of containers loaded with active specimens, and can rotate with the environment, so that the loaded containers can be kept in an upright and vertical state. After accommodating the active specimen, it can maintain the activity of the specimen during transportation, and monitor and record the people, events, time, place, and objects during the transportation process in real time.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the active sample transport device proposed in this creation has: a frame; at least one rotating bracket, which is disposed on the frame and can rotate relative to the frame along a direction of a first pivot axis; and at least one storage assembly, which is arranged on the at least one rotating bracket and can rotate relative to the at least one rotating bracket along a direction of a second pivot axis; the direction of the first pivot axis is not parallel to the direction of the second pivot axis; each The at least one storage component has: an accommodating portion pivoted to the at least one rotating bracket; a plurality of slots located in the accommodating portion; each of the slots is used for accommodating one of the containers; and a cover part, which is detachably disposed in the accommodating part and covers the slots; Wherein, the position of the center of gravity of each of the at least one storage element is lower than the corresponding pivot point of each of the at least one pivoting bracket on the frame and the pivot point of each of the at least one pivoting bracket corresponding to the storage element.

Therefore, the advantage of the present invention is that both the rotating bracket and the storage component can be rotated, and the rotation directions of the rotating bracket and the storage component are not parallel, and the center of gravity of the storage component is lower than the pivot point, which can ensure that the container has the activity of the present invention. When the specimen transporting device is transported, even if the frame of the active specimen transporting device is tilted or overturned due to shaking or vibration on the road, the rotating bracket and the storage assembly can still be rotated to the vertical direction due to gravity, thus reducing the number of active specimens leaving storage. Chances of the solution sticking to the tube wall.

In the above-mentioned active specimen transport device, each of the at least one storage component has: a communication space formed between the accommodating portion and the cover portion and communicating with the slots; and At least one ultraviolet light source is fixed in the communication space.

In the above-mentioned active specimen transport device, each of the at least one storage component has: A cooling chip is used to keep the accommodating portion and the slots at a constant temperature.

In the above-mentioned active specimen transporting device, each of the at least one storage component has a GPS signal receiving module.

In the above-mentioned active specimen transporting device, each of the at least one storage element has a touch panel.

In the above-mentioned active specimen transport device, each of the at least one storage component has a plurality of radio frequency sensing modules, which are respectively disposed in the slots and used to identify the information of the containers.

The above-mentioned active specimen transport device further has at least one radio frequency tag, and the at least one radio frequency tag is respectively disposed in the at least one storage component.

The above-mentioned active specimen transporting device further has a radio frequency tag, and the radio frequency tag is arranged on the frame.

In the above-mentioned active specimen transport device, each of the at least one storage element has a battery unit.

The above-mentioned active specimen transporting device further has a power supply module, the power supply module is fixed on the frame and is electrically connected with the battery unit of each of the at least one storage component.

The above-mentioned active specimen transport device further has a casing, the casing has a pull rod and a plurality of wheel bodies; the frame, the at least one rotating bracket, and the at least one storage component are arranged in the casing.

First, please refer to Figure 1 to Figure 3 . The present invention proposes an active specimen transport device, which is used for accommodating a plurality of containers A. The first embodiment of the active specimen transport device has a frame 10, at least one rotating support 20, and at least one storage component 30, and can optionally have a temperature control module 11, at least one radio frequency tag 12, and/or or power supply module 13 . In this embodiment, there are two rotating brackets 20 and two storage components 30 in total, but the number is not limited to this. The frame 10 may be provided with an ultraviolet light source 14 and/or a GPS signal receiving module 15 .

Each rotating bracket 20 is disposed on the frame 10 and can rotate relative to the frame 10 along a first pivot axis direction X. As shown in FIG. Specifically, each rotating bracket 20 has an annular frame 21 and two protruding portions 22 , and the two protruding portions 22 are respectively disposed on the annular frame 21 and located at opposite ends of the annular frame 21 . Each protruding portion 22 protrudes upward from the ring frame 21 and is pivotally mounted on the frame 10 . In other words, the height position of the ring frame 21 is lower than the pivot point of the rotating bracket 20 on the frame 10 (which is the first pivot point 100 ).

Each storage assembly 30 is disposed on a rotating bracket 20 and can rotate relative to the rotating bracket 20 along a direction Y of a second pivot axis. Specifically, the storage assembly 30 is pivoted on the ring frame 21 , so the pivot point of the storage assembly 30 on the ring frame 21 (which is the second pivot point 210 ) is also lower than the pivot point 20 on the frame 10 . The first pivot point is 100. The first pivot axis direction X and the second pivot axis direction Y are not parallel, and are perpendicular in this embodiment. The center of gravity of the storage assembly 30 is lower than the first pivot point 100 of the rotating bracket 20 on the frame 10 and lower than the second pivot point 210 of the storage assembly 30 on the ring frame 21 . Through the above-mentioned configuration of the center of gravity and the pivot points 100 / 210 , it can be ensured that no matter what direction the frame 10 is inclined or toppled, each storage assembly 30 can still be maintained in a vertical direction.

Next, please refer to FIG. 1 , FIG. 4 , and FIG. 5 . Each storage component 30 has an accommodating portion 31, a cover portion 32, and a plurality of slots 33, and can optionally have a communication space 300, at least one ultraviolet light source 34, a cooling chip 35, and a GPS signal The receiving module 36 , a touch panel 37 , a plurality of radio frequency sensing modules 38 , and/or a battery unit 39 .

The accommodating portion 31 is pivoted to the annular frame 21 of the rotating bracket 20 , and the cover portion 32 is detachably disposed on the accommodating portion 31 . The slots 33 are located in the accommodating portion 31 , and each slot 33 is used for accommodating a container A. When the cover body is disposed on the accommodating portion 31 , the cover body can cover the slot 33 , thereby blocking external pollution sources. In addition, when the cover body is disposed on the accommodating portion 31 , the communication space 300 is formed between the accommodating portion 31 and the cover body portion 32 . The communication space 300 is communicated with the slot 33, and the ultraviolet light source 34 is fixed in the communication space 300, so when the container A is arranged in the slot 33, the ultraviolet light source 34 can irradiate the container A to sterilize the container A, Reduce the influence of contamination sources on the active specimen in container A.

The temperature control module 11 may be disposed on the frame 10 , and the cooling chip 35 may be disposed at the bottom of the accommodating portion 31 , and the temperature control module 11 is signally connected to the cooling chip 35 . In this way, the cooling chip 35 can be used to cool the accommodating portion 31 , the slot 33 , and the container A in the slot 33 , and the temperature control module 11 controls the operating power of the cooling chip 35 . In other embodiments, each cooling chip 35 may operate independently, and may not be uniformly controlled by the temperature control module 11 ; in other words, the temperature control module 11 may not be provided in some embodiments.

The GPS signal receiving module 36 can be disposed in the cover body 32 and used to receive GPS signals, thereby monitoring the movement of the container A.

The touch panel 37 can be disposed on the upper side of the cover part 32 , so that the sampler, transporter, and tester can input or read the relevant information of the container A through the touch panel 37 .

A plurality of radio frequency sensing modules 38 can be respectively disposed in the slots 33 . Since each container A is provided with a radio frequency tag B, the radio frequency sensing module 38 can be used to identify the information of the containers A through the radio frequency tag B on each container A.

On the other hand, the radio frequency tag 12 can also be disposed on each storage element 30 and/or the frame 10 , so as to identify the information of the active specimen transport device and the storage element 30 .

The power supply module 13 can be fixed on the frame 10 and has a power storage unit (not shown in the figure) therein. The power supply module 13 can be electrically connected with an external power source to charge the power storage unit. The battery unit 39 may be disposed at the bottom of the accommodating portion 31 . In this embodiment, the battery unit 39 is further located below the cooling chip 35 . The battery unit 39 is used for supplying power to the ultraviolet light source 34 , the cooling chip 35 , the GPS signal receiving module 36 , the touch panel 37 , and the radio frequency sensing module 38 . The power supply module 13 is electrically connected to the battery unit 39, whereby the power storage unit can charge the battery unit 39 at any time, for example, the battery unit 39 can be charged during transportation. In this embodiment, the power supply module 13 can be connected to the storage element 30 through a wire 130 . For example, the wire 130 can be connected to the first pivot point 100 of the rotating bracket 20 on the frame 10 or the storage element 30 to the ring frame 21 . 210 of the second pivot point.

Next, please refer to FIG. 6 . In the second embodiment, in addition to the frame 10 , the rotating support 20 , and the storage assembly 30 , the active specimen transport device also has a casing 40 , and the frame 10 , the rotating support 20 , and the storage assembly 30 are all disposed in the casing 40 . The casing 40 has a casing 41 , a cover 42 , a plurality of wheels 43 , and a pull rod 44 , but not limited thereto. The casing 41 and the cover 42 together form an inner space, and the frame 10 , the rotating bracket 20 , and the storage assembly 30 are all disposed in the inner space. In other embodiments, the housing 41 may have at least one partition to separate the plurality of storage components 30 , and in this embodiment, the number of the cover bodies 42 may be equal to the number of the storage components 30 . In addition, in this embodiment, the cover body 42 is located on the lateral side of the casing 40 . The wheel body 43 and the pull rod 44 are respectively disposed on the casing 41 , and the pull rod 44 can be retracted into the casing 41 .

In addition, an ultraviolet light source, a GPS signal receiving module, a touch panel, and a radio frequency tag may be provided on the housing 40 to achieve functions such as sterilization, positioning, operation, and identification. Specifically, the ultraviolet light source can be disposed inside the casing 40 , and the GPS signal receiving module, the touch panel, and the radio frequency tag can be disposed on the cover body 42 .

Through the above structure, it can be ensured that when the live specimen is transported by the live specimen transport device of the present invention, even if the frame 10 of the live specimen transport device is tilted or overturned due to shaking or vibration on the road, the rotating bracket 20 and the storage assembly 30 can still be used. Due to gravity, it automatically rotates to the vertical direction, thus reducing the chance of the active specimen in each container A adhering to the tube wall. In other words, using the active sample transport device of the present invention to transport the active samples can ensure that each active sample can be managed and transported in a large amount and efficiently under the condition of stability and safety, so that each active sample can be kept alive and can be be dealt with effectively.

On the other hand, by sterilizing the container A with the ultraviolet light source 34 and keeping the container A at a constant temperature with the cooling chip 35, the rate of deterioration of the active specimen can be slowed down, and the transportation can be carried out for a longer time or a long distance. Using the radio frequency sensing module 38 to identify the information of the container A, and using the radio frequency tag 12 to make the information of the active specimen transport device identifiable, not only facilitates the transportation operation, but also reduces the number of times of switching the storage component 30, Avoiding the chance of contact with container A can ensure that cross-contamination between the active specimen and the transporter will not be caused.

And through the wheel body 43 and the pull rod 44 on the housing 40 , the person who transports the active specimen can move the entire active specimen transport device more easily and with less effort. Since the cover body 42 is located on the lateral side of the housing 40 , when the container A is to be taken out, the entire active specimen transport device can be placed flat, and then the cover body 42 can be opened.

10: Frames 100: The first pivot point 11: Temperature control module 12: RFID tags 13: Power supply module 130: Wire 14: UV light source 15: GPS signal receiving module 20: Turn the bracket 21: Ring Rack 210: Second pivot point 22: Projection 30: Storage Components 31: accommodating part 32: cover body 33: Slot 300: Connected Spaces 34: UV light source 35: Refrigeration wafer 36: GPS signal receiving module 37: Touch panel 38: Wireless RF induction module 39: battery unit 40: Shell 41: Shell 42: Cover 43: Wheel body 44: Tie rod A: container B: RFID tags X: the direction of the first pivot axis Y: the direction of the second pivot axis

FIG. 1 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a front partial cross-sectional schematic diagram of the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the storage device according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a schematic top view of the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view of a second embodiment of the present invention.

10: Frames

100: The first pivot point

11: Temperature control module

12: RFID tags

13: Power supply module

130: Wire

14: UV light source

15: GPS signal receiving module

20: Turn the bracket

21: Ring Rack

210: Second pivot point

22: Projection

30: Storage Components

37: Touch panel

Claims (11)

An active specimen conveying device is used for accommodating a plurality of containers for loading active specimens, and has: a frame; at least one rotating bracket, which is disposed on the frame and can rotate relative to the frame along a direction of a first pivot axis; and at least one storage assembly, which is arranged on the at least one rotating bracket and can rotate relative to the at least one rotating bracket along a direction of a second pivot axis; the direction of the first pivot axis is not parallel to the direction of the second pivot axis; each The at least one storage component has: an accommodating portion pivoted to the at least one rotating bracket; a plurality of slots located in the accommodating portion; each of the slots is used for accommodating one of the containers; and a cover part, which is detachably disposed in the accommodating part and covers the slots; Wherein, the position of the center of gravity of each of the at least one storage element is lower than the corresponding pivot point of each of the at least one pivoting bracket on the frame and the pivot point of each of the at least one pivoting bracket corresponding to the storage element. The active specimen transport device as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the at least one storage component has: a communication space formed between the accommodating portion and the cover portion and communicating with the slots; and At least one ultraviolet light source is fixed in the communication space. The active specimen transport device as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the at least one storage component has: A cooling chip is used to keep the accommodating portion and the slots at a constant temperature. The active specimen transport device according to claim 1, wherein each of the at least one storage component has a GPS signal receiving module. The active specimen transport device according to claim 1, wherein each of the at least one storage component has a touch panel. The active specimen transport device according to claim 1, wherein each of the at least one storage component has a plurality of radio frequency sensing modules, which are respectively disposed in the slots and used to identify the information of the containers. The active specimen transport device according to claim 1, further comprising at least one radio frequency tag, and the at least one radio frequency tag is respectively disposed in the at least one storage component. The active specimen transport device according to claim 1, further has a radio frequency tag, and the radio frequency tag is arranged on the frame. The active specimen transport device according to any one of claims 2 to 6, wherein each of the at least one storage component has a battery unit. The active specimen transport device according to claim 9, further has a power supply module, the power supply module is fixed on the frame and is electrically connected with the battery unit of each of the at least one storage component. The active specimen transport device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, further comprising a casing, the casing has a plurality of wheels and a pull rod; the frame, the at least one rotating bracket, and the at least one storage The components are arranged in the casing.

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