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Mixing device and mixing method for mixing small amounts of liquid

US8323985B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Beckman Coulter, Inc. · US

Inventors

Achim Wixforth · Hersbruck, DE
Christoph Gauer · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 7, 2011
Grant date	Dec 4, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 7, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T436/2575
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a mixing method for mixing at least one small quantity of liquid, in which a quantity of liquid is applied in a reaction region and at least one surface sound wave is reacted with the quantity of liquid. The invention relates further to a mixing device for mixing at least one quantity of liquid for performing the method of the present invention, a use of the device, and a method of analysis for bond strengths on surfaces.

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