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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
May. 26, 2011
Hermannus Johannes Maria Kreuwel, Schijndel, NL;
Emiel Gerebern Maria Verwimp, Aaerendonk, BE;
Bernardus Jozef Maria Beerling, Heeswijk-Dinther, NL;
Franciscus Gerardus Spee, St Michielsgestel, NL;
Hermannus Johannes Maria Kreuwel, Schijndel, NL;
Emiel Gerebern Maria Verwimp, Aaerendonk, BE;
Bernardus Jozef Maria Beerling, Heeswijk-Dinther, NL;
Franciscus Gerardus Spee, St Michielsgestel, NL;
BioMerieux, B.V., , NL;
Abstract
The present invention is related to devices for manipulating magnetic particles that are suspended in a fluid, possibly containing a biological entity of interest, the magnetic particles being able to bind the entity of interest, the fluid being contained in a reaction vessel constituted by a large upper compartment with a funnel shape, an elongate lower compartment with a substantially constant cross-section and a closed base. The devices are especially useful in methods for the extraction of nucleic acid to enable them for further processing.