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Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016

Filed:

May. 17, 2010
Applicants:

Rijk Edwin Oosterbroek, Cham, CH;

Mario Curcio, Sins, CH;

Stephan Korner, Cham, CH;

Brigitte Niederberger, Thalwil, CH;

Inventors:

Rijk Edwin Oosterbroek, Cham, CH;

Mario Curcio, Sins, CH;

Stephan Korner, Cham, CH;

Brigitte Niederberger, Thalwil, CH;

Assignee:

Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 1/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/543 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/54326 (2013.01); B01L 3/502761 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0668 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0803 (2013.01); B01L 2400/043 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0409 (2013.01);
Abstract

Centrifugal force based microfluidic systems for the automated analysis of fluids involving the use of magnetically responsive particles and methods thereof are disclosed. A magnet is fixed to a supporting device of the system in correspondence to a retention zone of the system so as to rotate therewith and to generate a magnetic field which magnetically manipulates the magnetically responsive particles contained in a reaction chamber of the system.


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