Isolator system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9724688-B2
Application number	US-201615055169-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 26, 2016
Priority date	Sep 30, 2013
Publication date	Aug 8, 2017
Grant date	Aug 8, 2017

Abstract

An isolator system including: a box-shaped body case having, in an interior thereof, a work space for operation in a sterile environment and also having, in a front surface thereof, an insertion portion into which a worker's arm is inserted; and an air-conditioning portion configured to supply gas in the work space of the body case or to discharge gas in the work space, a bottom of the work space being configured with a work plate, a discharge path configured to discharge gas in the work space being formed below the work plate, the work plate being configured with first and second work plates obtained by dividing the work plate into right and left parts, a receiving portion being located below the first work plate, the receiving portion being arranged extending towards the second work plate on a side edge of the first work plate, the side edge of the first work plate being in contact with the second work plate, a side edge of the second work plate for being in contact with the first work plate being placed detachably on the receiving portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An isolator system comprising:
a box-shaped body case having, in an interior thereof, a work space for operation in a sterile environment and also having, in a front surface thereof, an insertion portion into which a worker's arm is inserted; and
an air-conditioning portion configured to supply gas in the work space of the body case or to discharge gas in the work space, wherein:
a bottom of the work space is configured with a work plate,
a discharge path configured to discharge gas in the work space is formed below the work plate,
the work plate is configured with first and second work plates obtained by dividing the work plate into right and left parts,
a receiving portion located below the first work plate and arranged to extend toward the second work plate,
a side edged of the first work plate faces a side edge of the second work plate,
the side edge of the first work plate being in contact with the second work plate, and
on the receiving position, the side edge of the second work plate to be in contact with the first work plate is placed detachably.

2. The isolator system according to claim 1 , wherein
when the second work plate is placed on the receiving portion of the first work plate,
a top surface of the first work plate and a top surface of the second work plate are disposed substantially in a same plane.

3. The isolator system according to claim 2 , wherein:
a first supporting leg is provided on a corner portion of a lower surface of the first work plate,
a second supporting leg is provided on a corner portion of a lower surface of the second work plate, on an opposite side edge to a side edge which is in contact with the first work plate, and
a corner portion of the lower surface of the second work plate on the side edge which is in contact with the first work plate is a portion in which no second supporting leg is formed.

4. The isolator system according to claim 3 , wherein
in the lower surface of the second work plate, a reinforcing portion configured to prevent the second work plate from bending or vibrating is provided on the side edge of the second work plate which is in contact with the first work plate.

5. The isolator system according to claim 2 , wherein
in a lower surface of the second work plate, a reinforcing portion configured to prevent the second work plate from bending or vibrating is provided on the side edge of the second work plate which is in contact with the first work plate.

6. The isolator system according to claim 2 , wherein:
below the body case, a first device used in an operation is provided, and
in the work plate,
a first opening to reach the first device from the work space is provided, and
a first lid which covers the first opening in a manner capable of opening/closing is provided.

7. The isolator system according to claim 6 , wherein:
the first device is provided below the first work plate, and
the first opening and the first lid are provided in the first work plate.

8. The isolator system according to claim 7 , wherein:
below the second work plate, a second device used in an operation is provided,
in the second work plate,
a second opening to reach the second device from the work space is provided, and
a second lid which covers the second opening in a manner capable of opening/closing is provided, and

the first opening has a larger opening area than that of the second opening.

Assignees

• Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kobayashi Koichi
• Yokoi Yasuhiko
• Sekine Hironobu

Classifications

• B01L1/04

  Dust-free rooms or enclosures · CPC title

• B01L2200/028

  Modular arrangements · CPC title

• B01L2200/087

  Ergonomic aspects · CPC title

• C12M37/00

  Means for sterilizing, maintaining sterile conditions or avoiding chemical or biological contamination (C12M23/38 takes precedence; filtration in general and filters per se B01D24/00-B01D41/00; autoclaves B01J3/04; treatment of microorganisms with electrical or wave energy C12N13/00) · CPC title

• B01L1/025 Primary

  Environmental chambers · CPC title