Device for shearing nucleic acids and particulates
OwnerThomas W. Hardinginventor
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a device for shearing nucleic acids and particulates in a syringe or vial comprising an ultrasonic transducer attached to a solid cylindrical horn comprising a tip shaped to engage the profile of the tip of a syringe or vial. The horn tuned for maximum amplitude vibration at its tip.
Claims12
A device for shearing nucleic acids and particulates in a syringe or vial comprising an ultrasonic transducer attached to a solid cylindrical horn, said horn comprising a tip shaped to engage the profile of the tip of a syringe or vial and said horn tuned for maximum amplitude vibration at the tip of the horn.
A device for shearing nucleic acids and particulates in a syringe or vial comprising
- an ultrasonic transducer;
- a solid cylindrical horn, said horn comprising a tip shaped to engage the side profile of a syringe or vial and said horn tuned for maximum amplitude vibration at the tip of the horn;
- a tuned booster detachably engaged to the ultrasonic transducer and the solid cylindrical horn;
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- an anvil mated to the horn, said anvil being capable of clamping the horn to the syringe or vial.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.