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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2009
Applicants:
Siegfried Graf, Luzern, CH;
Helmut Knapp, Ebikon, CH;
Noa Schmid, Kriens, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/02 (2006.01); C12Q 1/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/08 (2006.01); G01N 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/14 (2013.01); G01N 35/08 (2013.01); G01N 2015/149 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention discloses a sample sorter system adapted to receive and sort samples according to predetermined criteria. The sample sorter system comprises a receptacle that is adapted to receive and retain fluid and samples. The receptacle is operatively coupled with a drive and with a power source such that actuation of the drive causes the rotation of at least one circular component, which in turn causes the development of a flow regime in the receptacle such that the samples suspended in the fluid are conveyable along a closed path to at least one sample handling site that are positioned along said closed path.