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Method for performing immunoassays under weightlessness

US9933340B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AIRBUS DS GMBH · DE

Inventors

Peter Kern · Salem, DE
Herbert Backes · Riegelsberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 15, 2013
Grant date	Apr 3, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 24, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T436/25
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for controlled movement of magnetic carriers in a sample volume for performing immunoassays under weightless or reduced-weight conditions, wherein the magnetic carriers are moved inside the sample volume by means of permanent magnets movably arranged relative to at least one spatial axis of the sample volume.

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