Patent ID: 11896276
Assignee: MEDTRONIC HOLDING COMPANY SARL
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. A method of mixing and agitating materials using a manual mixer, the method comprising:
providing the manual mixer having a body portion, a mixing assembly, and an actuation assembly, the body portion defining an interior cavity for receiving at least a portion of the mixing assembly, the mixing assembly including a paddle portion and a plunger portion, a portion of the paddle portion being received within an aperture extending through the plunger portion, the plunger portion being moveable downwardly along the paddle portion, and the actuation assembly being operatively interconnected with the mixing assembly;
removing the mixing assembly from the interior cavity;
providing the materials to be mixed and agitated in the interior cavity;
replacing the mixing assembly in the interior cavity; and
actuating the actuation assembly to rotate the paddle portion and the plunger portion, and simultaneously move the plunger portion downwardly along the paddle portion within the interior cavity, and to mix and agitate the materials provided in the interior cavity via the rotation of the paddle portion and the plunger portion, and via the downward movement of the plunger portion.