Patent ID: 9504981
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: B01J,B01L,B03C,C12N

Claim Text:
1. A nucleic acid purification device, comprising: a housing and an adapter operatively attached to the housing, the adapter configured to receive at least one well plate, the at least one well plate comprising a plurality of wells for receiving contents including at least a sample and a plurality of paramagnetic particles; a motor disposed within the housing and configured to selectively move at least the adapter to thereby disrupt or shake the contents of the plurality of wells when the at least one well plate is received by the adapter; and at least one electromagnetic feature disposed between a top portion of the adapter and the at least one well plate or disposed adjacent to a bottom portion of the at least one well plate, wherein the at least one electromagnetic feature is configured to selectively receive an electrical signal and thereby magnetize at least a portion of the plurality of paramagnetic particles when the plurality of paramagnetic particles are received by the plurality of wells and the at least one well plate is received by the adapter.