Patent ID: 6987253
Filing Date: 2006-01-17
Classification: B01L,B03C,F27B,F27D,G01N,H05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of processing sample material comprising: providing a device comprising a plurality of process chamber arrays, each of the process chamber arrays comprising a loading chamber and a process chamber; providing sample material in the loading chamber of at least one of the process chamber arrays; moving the sample material from the loading chamber to the process chamber by rotating the device; providing paramagnetic particles within the sample material located in the process chamber; providing a magnet proximate the device; rotating the device such that the paramagnetic particles within the sample material are subjected to the magnetic field of the magnet during the rotating; locating a first major surface of the device in contact with a top surface of a base plate that comprises the top surface, a bottom surface, and a thermal structure, wherein at least some process chambers of the plurality of process chamber arrays are in thermal communication with the thermal structure when the first major surface of the device is in contact with the top surface of the base plate; and controlling the temperature of the thermal structure by directing electromagnetic energy at the bottom surface of the base plate while rotating the base plate and the device, whereby the temperature of the sample material in the process chambers is controlled.