Patent ID: 8016478

Claim:
A multistation mixing device for mixing the contents of laboratory vessels, wherein the mixing device comprises: (a) at least two adapter plates, wherein each adapter plate has a holder for receiving laboratory vessels and, when seen in a plan view, the adapter plates are arranged mirror-symmetrically and/or uniformly on an imaginary circle, and (b) a drive mechanism capable of driving each of the adapter plates in a mixing movement with the same angular speed such that, in horizontal planes, each point of the adapter plate executes a circular movement with the same radius, the same angular speed and the same angular position about a respective midpoint, wherein the starting positions of the adapter plates, from which positions the adapter plates are driven by the drive mechanism, are rotated relative to one another by an angle in the direction of the mixing movement in their respective angular position, such that imbalances during the mixing movement are at least partially compensated.