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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
May. 17, 2016
Heathrow Scientific Llc, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Gary Dean Kamees, Gurnee, IL (US);
Rainer Joseph Wohlgemuth, Palatine, IL (US);
Alice Marie Jandrisits, Des Plaines, IL (US);
HEATHROW SCIENTIFIC LLC, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
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.