| US 7,578,612 B2 | ||
| Three-phase tilting agitator for microarrays | ||
| Liang Zhang, Beijing (China); Fei J. Xian, Beijing (China); Renyuan Chen, Beijing (China); Lianshan Zhao, Beijing (China); Jianxing Ye, Beijing (China); and Xianhua Wang, Beijing (China) | ||
| Assigned to CapitalBio Corporation, Beijing (China) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 29, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/194,014. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004 2 0001127 U (CN), filed on Apr. 19, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0030032 A1, Feb. 09, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. B01F 11/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 366—211 [366/209; 366/217] | 16 Claims |
| 1. An apparatus for agitating a sample, said apparatus comprising:
first, second, and third suspension tethers, each tether having first and second ends;
a sample holder, having first, second, and third attachment points to which the first ends of the first, second, and third
suspension tethers, respectively, are coupled, thereby suspending the sample holder;
a suspension tether separation structure having first and second sides, and having first, second, and third orifices therethrough
from the first to the second side, and wherein the first, second, and third suspension tethers, respectively, are passed through
from the first side to the second side;
a radial member positioned at the second side of the suspension tether separation structure, to which the second ends of the
first, second, and third suspension tethers are coupled, proximate to one another; and
a motor coupled to the radial member by a rotatable shaft.
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