Particle dispersion device and particle dispersion method
AssigneeSysmex Corporation
InventorsHiroaki Tobimatsu, Toshimi Sato
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Abstract
A particle dispersion method for dispersing particles (500) fixed on the inner surface of a container (12) into a liquid. The particle dispersion method includes a discharge step of discharging a liquid into the container (12). The container (12) has a cylindrical main body part (310), and an inclined part (311) having an inner diameter that decreases from the main body part (310) side to the bottom part side and having a constant angle relative to the central axis of the container. In the discharge step, the liquid is discharged from above the inclined part (311) toward the inclined part (311) on the side opposite the particles (500) fixed to the inner surface of the container (12) across the central axis (300) of the container (12).
Claims17
A particle dispersion method for dispersing magnetic particles in a liquid, the method comprising:
- step of accommodating the magnetic particles in a reaction tank having a cylindrical main body part and an inclined part, wherein a top portion of the inclined part is connected to a bottom portion of the cylindrical main body part, and wherein an inner diameter of the inclined part decreases from the top portion of the inclined part to a bottom portion of the inclined part;
- step of forming an aggregation of the magnetic particles in the liquid on a first side of the inclined part;
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- step of discharging, by a nozzle provided within a predetermined distance above a second side of the inclined part, the liquid toward a second side of the inclined part from above the inclined part, the second side of the inclined part being symmetrical to the first side of the inclined part around a central axis of the reaction tank, wherein a flow of the liquid running from the second side to the first side is generated to disperse the magnetic particles in the aggregation.
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