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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2005
Christoph Gauer, Munich, DE;
Christoph Gauer, Munich, DE;
Beckman Coulter, Inc., Brea, CA (US);
Abstract
A method or device for integrated dosing and intermixing of small amounts of liquid, has a first liquid conveyed into or onto a first reservoir (). A second reservoir () is entirely filled with a second liquid. The first and second liquids are brought into contact with each other via at least one joining duct structure () which has at least one area provided with a smaller cross section than the reservoirs () in the viewing direction of the connecting line between the two reservoirs (). A laminar flow pattern is created along at least one portion of the joining duct structure (), with the liquids thoroughly mixed in the second reservoir ().