Patent ID: 11885799
Assignee: YANTAI AUSBIO LABORATORIES CO., LTD.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A centrifuge for washing magnetic beads in a plurality of reaction vessels of a reaction vessel unit in which the plurality of reaction vessels are arranged in a two-dimensional array and in which each reaction vessel includes at least one opening, the centrifuge comprising:
a housing;
a rotor disposed within the housing, the rotor being configured to rotate around a horizontal rotation axis and to hold the reaction vessel unit with respective openings of the plurality of reaction vessels directed radially outwardly relative to the horizontal rotation axis of the rotor;
a motor coupled with the rotor to rotate the rotor around the horizontal rotation axis of the rotor; and
one or more magnetic elements arranged in the rotor to apply a magnetic field to the plurality of reaction vessels in the two-dimensional array of reaction vessels of the reaction vessel unit that the rotor is configured to hold;
wherein the motor is configured to rotate the rotor around the horizontal rotation axis at a speed of rotation sufficient to wash, by centrifugation, the magnetic beads in the plurality of reaction vessels of the reaction vessel unit that the rotor is configured to hold; and
wherein the magnetic field applied by the one or more magnetic elements is sufficient to retain during centrifugation the magnetic beads in the plurality of reaction vessels of the reaction vessel unit that the rotor is configured to hold with respective openings of the plurality of reaction vessels directed radially outwardly relative to the horizontal rotation axis of the rotor.