Patent ID: 9217174
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: C12M,C12N,C12Q

Abstract:
1. A method for lysing cells within a vessel, said method comprising: placing said vessel on a surface, wherein said vessel comprises one or more cells suspended in a liquid medium, one or more magnetic stirrers, and a plurality of beads; and rotating a cylinder shaped magnet along an axis, wherein said axis passes the center of said cylinder shaped magnet, is in the proximity of said vessel and is parallel to the surface said vessel resides on so that the vessel is within operational range of a rotating magnetic field produced by said cylinder shaped magnet, and wherein said rotating said cylinder shaped magnet causes said one or more magnetic stirrers in said vessel to collide with said beads with enough force to cause disintegration of said one or more cells, thereby lysing said one or more cells within said vessel.