Selective component agitation apparatus and method
US6299567A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 3, 1996 |
| Grant date | Oct 9, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 3, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T436/111666
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An independently rotatably mounted container may be used, by agitating the contents thereof, in the performance of a multi-component reaction or assay, by selective rotation of said container in the presence of adjacently mounted component containers which are not rotated. Such a principle may be applied in suspending solid phases in, for example, automated immunoassay apparatus or in reconstituting freeze dried reagents. Selective rotation has a number of advantages including gentleness to components and greater efficiency and reliability.
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