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Device having a detachable connection between a sample holder and a shaking apparatus for mixing a liquid sample

US8899821B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Products GmbH · DE

Inventors

Achim Herz · Groß-Gerau, DE
Thorsten Michels · Groß-Gerau, DE
Holger Pufahl · Liederbach, DE
Joerg Schmiedeskamp · Wiesbaden, DE
Alexander Wiedekind-Klein · Cochem, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 7, 2010
Grant date	Dec 2, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 14, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T436/25
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A device and a process for mixing a liquid sample in an automated analysis instrument comprises a support arm, a holder for a liquid container, a flexible intermediate element, arranged between the support arm and the holder for the liquid container, a shaking apparatus, and a coupling apparatus arranged on the holder for the liquid container, wherein the coupling apparatus can establish a detachable connection between the shaking apparatus and the holder for the liquid container.

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