Patents Examined by Amalia L. Santigao
  • Microtube vortexer adapter and method of its use
    Patent number: 4883644
    Abstract: A vortex adapter, and method of its use, suitable for holding a plurality of tubes to be vortexed, comprising: an elongated handle; a base fixed to the handle, the base comprising a plurality of holding means, wherein a tube can be positioned within each holding means; and a nipple fixed to the base, wherein the nipple can be inserted into a cup of a vortexing machine, and wherein when the nipple is inserted into the cup and the cup is caused to vibrate the tubes held within the holding means are subject to vortex forces from the cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1989
    Assignee: Brandeis University
    Inventor: Daniel Perlman