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US 10,851,336 B2Granted
Apparatus and methods for magnetic mixing
AssigneeLuminex Corporation
InventorsDoug Whitman, James Heisler, Colin Bozarth, Germaine Siew, Charles Collins, Eric Smith
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Abstract
Methods and systems for magnetic mixing. Particular embodiments relate to applying a magnetic field to move a magnetically responsive component in a chamber.
Claims20
A method of mixing reagents, the method comprising:
- obtaining an apparatus comprising:
- a chamber containing a magnetically responsive component and reagents;
- a heating module;
- an insert configured to (i) receive the chamber, and (ii) conduct thermal energy from the heating module to the chamber;
- and
- a magnet coupled to a rotating shaft, where:
- the shaft is configured to move from a first shaft position to a second shaft position;
- in the first shaft position, the second end of the magnet is distal from the chamber;
- and
- in the second shaft position, the second end of the magnet is proximal to the chamber;
- and
- moving the shaft from a first position to a second position, wherein the magnetically responsive component is moved within the chamber from a first position to a second position, thereby mixing the reagents.
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A method of mixing reagents, the method comprising:
- obtaining an apparatus comprising:
- a chamber containing a magnetically responsive component and reagents;
- and
- a magnet coupled to a rotating shaft, where:
- the shaft is configured to move from a first shaft position to a second shaft position;
- in the first shaft position, the second end of the magnet is distal from the chamber;
- and
- in the second shaft position, the second end of the magnet is proximal to the chamber;
- and
- moving the shaft from a first position to a second position, wherein the magnetically responsive component is moved within the chamber from a first position to a second position, thereby mixing the reagents, wherein movement of the magnetically responsive component from the first position to the second position inverts a wax lyophilized layer in the chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.