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Apparatus and method for mixing fluid or media by vibrating a pipette using nonconcentric masses

US11420197B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

HYCOR Biomedical, LLC · US

Inventors

Anatoly Moskalev · Irvine, US
Steven Michael Gann · Tecate Mission Road, US
Anthony Dezan · Irvine, US
Yinglei Tao · Irvine, US
Jonathan Miao · Newport Beach, US
Taylor Addison Reid · Carlsbad, US
Evan Phillip McMenamy · Los Alamitos, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 5, 2018
Grant date	Aug 23, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 10, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01L2400/0487
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Methods and apparatuses for mixing a fluid/media for an assay are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a mixing device for an immunochemistry system includes a pipette configured to aspirate fluid and/or paramagnetic particles from or dispense fluid and/or paramagnetic particles into a cuvette, at least one nonconcentric mass configured cause the pipette to move in a mixing motion, and a control unit configured to activate the at least one nonconcentric mass while the pipette is located within the cuvette so as to mix the fluid and/or paramagnetic particles within the cuvette.

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