Method and apparatus for processing fluids

US5580790A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Chiron Corporation · US

Inventors

• Robert S. Wall · Richardson, US
• George H. Sierra · Concord, US
• Robert Scott Evans · LaGrange, US
• Sarah Bazydola · Waltham, US
• Alan J. Polito · Emeryville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 21, 1994
• Grant date: Dec 3, 1996
• Expiry date: Oct 21, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T436/25375
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention feature a multilchambered cuvette having a first movement pattern and a second movement pattern, the first movement pattern comprises a stationary position and a rotation about a circular path. The second movement pattern comprises a rocking motion. The cuvette uses the first movement of fluid between chambers and a second movement pattern to effect mixing and incubation. The cuvette features a unitary housing having an opening over the first and second compartments to allow viewing and access.