US Patent Issued to Aoi Seiki on Feb. 17 for "Centrifugal separation apparatus and centrifugal separation method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,904, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Aoi Seiki Co. Ltd. (Kumamoto, Japan).

"Centrifugal separation apparatus and centrifugal separation method" was invented by Teruaki Itoh (Kumamoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an embodiment, a centrifugal separation apparatus includes, a centrifugal separator comprising a retainer and a rotating member for rotation of the retainer, the retainer adapted to retain a workpiece, an imaging unit configured to acquire a detection image of an installation position at which the retainer is placed, a transfer mechanism configured to move the workpiece into the centrifugal separator,...