Automated polymer-synthesis system
US8361396B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 22, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jan 29, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 23, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01J2219/00722
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to automated-polymer-synthesis systems that include discrete reagent-solution-addition, wait-time, and reagent-solution-draining sub-systems which together significantly increase throughput and decrease sub-system idle time. The automated-polymer-synthesis systems that represent embodiments of the present invention additionally include switches at points in which carriers can be received from multiple input paths or output to multiple different output paths. The automated-polymer-synthesis systems that represent embodiments of the present invention generally include an input spur and output spur in addition to a main loop, allowing carriers containing only completed polymers to be removed and new carriers input, so that carriers traverse the automated-polymer-synthesis systems independently from one another.
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