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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gordon Coulter Forrest, East Horsley, GB;
Gerald John Allen, Windlesham, GB;
Philip Missing, Ashford, GB;
Assignee:
Alfa Wasserman S.p.A., , IT;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/3543 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/3543 ;
Abstract
An independently rotatably mounted container may be used, by agitating the contents thereof, in the performance of a multi-component reaction or assay, by selective rotation of said container in the presence of adjacently mounted component containers which are not rotated. Such a principle may be applied in suspending solid phases in, for example, automated immunoassay apparatus or in reconstituting freeze dried reagents. Selective rotation has a number of advantages including gentleness to components and greater efficiency and reliability.