Patent ID: 8673153
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: B03C,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for dividing an analyte present in a solution comprising: disposing the solution including the analyte fixed to magnetic particles in a first receptacle; attracting, with a first magnetic mechanism, the magnetic particles fixed to the analyte to a bottom of the first receptacle and forming an initial residue forming a linear structure on the bottom of the first receptacle; and after forming the initial residue at the bottom of the first receptacle, dividing the initial residue into a plurality of residues by linearly displacing a second magnetic mechanism, which causes the initial residue to enter into fluid channels connecting the first receptacle to second receptacles, where each of the second receptacles is connected to the first receptacle through at least one of the fluid channels, and to divide said initial residue, by the fluid channels, into the plurality of residues, the displacing the second magnetic mechanism being such that the linear structure formed by the residues is maintained.