Rotor assembly and method for automatically processing liquids
Abstract
A rotor assembly is described for performing a relatively large number of processing steps upon a sample, such as a whole blood sample, and a diluent, such as water. It includes a rotor body for rotation about an axis and includes a network of chambers within which various processing steps are performed upon the sample and diluent and passageways through which the sample and diluent are transferred. A transfer mechanism is movable through the rotor body by the influence of a magnetic field generated adjacent the transfer mechanism and movable along the rotor body, and the assembly utilizes centrifugal force, a transfer of momentum and capillary action to perform any of a number of processing steps such as separation, aliquoting, transference, washing, reagent addition and mixing of the sample and diluent within the rotor body. The rotor body is particularly suitable for automatic immunoassay analyses. 34 figs.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 7239450
- Patent Number(s):
- 5173262
- Application Number:
- PPN: US 7-359007
- Assignee:
- Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 30 May 1989
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; BLOOD; SEPARATION PROCESSES; LABORATORY EQUIPMENT; DESIGN; LIQUIDS; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BODY FLUIDS; EQUIPMENT; FLUIDS; MATERIALS; 550300* - Cytology; 400105 - Separation Procedures
Citation Formats
Burtis, C A, Johnson, W F, and Walker, W A. Rotor assembly and method for automatically processing liquids. United States: N. p., 1992.
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title = {Rotor assembly and method for automatically processing liquids},
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abstractNote = {A rotor assembly is described for performing a relatively large number of processing steps upon a sample, such as a whole blood sample, and a diluent, such as water. It includes a rotor body for rotation about an axis and includes a network of chambers within which various processing steps are performed upon the sample and diluent and passageways through which the sample and diluent are transferred. A transfer mechanism is movable through the rotor body by the influence of a magnetic field generated adjacent the transfer mechanism and movable along the rotor body, and the assembly utilizes centrifugal force, a transfer of momentum and capillary action to perform any of a number of processing steps such as separation, aliquoting, transference, washing, reagent addition and mixing of the sample and diluent within the rotor body. The rotor body is particularly suitable for automatic immunoassay analyses. 34 figs.},
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