Combination centrifuge and magnetic stirrer
AssigneeHeathrow Scientific LLC
InventorsGary Dean Kamees, Rainer Joseph Wohlgemuth, Alice Marie Jandrisits
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Abstract
A device for use in a laboratory and operable as both a centrifuge and a magnetic stirrer includes a housing defining a cavity therein, a motor coupled to the housing, and a spindle driven by the motor and rotatable about a first axis. The device also includes a first rotor removably couplable to the spindle and configured to support at least one tube therein, and a second rotor removably couplable to the spindle and including at least one magnet. The device also includes a controller in communication with the motor and operable in a first mode of operation when the first rotor is coupled to the spindle and operable in a second mode of operation when the second rotor is coupled to the spindle.
Claims8
A device for use in a laboratory, the device comprising:
- a housing defining a cavity therein;
- a motor coupled to the housing;
- a spindle driven by the motor and rotatable about a first axis;
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- a first rotor removably couplable to the spindle and configured for centrifugation and to support at least one tube therein;
- a second rotor removably couplable to the spindle and including at least one magnet producing a magnetic field, and wherein the magnetic field produced by the at least one magnet is configured to rotate a stirring bar relative to the housing;
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- a controller in communication with the motor and operable in a first mode of operation when the first rotor is coupled to the spindle, and operable in a second mode of operation when the second rotor is coupled to the spindle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.