Enhanced sample processing devices, systems and methods
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1. A method of processing sample material comprising:
- providing a device comprising a process chamber array, wherein the process chamber array comprises a loading chamber and a process chamber;
providing sample material in the process chamber array;
moving the sample material within the process chamber array by rotating the device;
providing paramagnetic particles within the sample material located in the process chamber array;
locating a magnet proximate the device, the magnet generating a magnetic field; and
rotating the device such that the paramagnetic particles within the sample material in the process chamber array are intermittently subjected to the magnetic field of the magnet during the rotating and moved within the sample material in the process chamber array as the paramagnetic particles are moved through the magnetic field of the magnet,wherein the magnet does not rotate with the device when the device is rotating.
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Abstract
Methods for processing sample materials. Methods of the present disclosure can include providing a device including a process chamber array, the process chamber array including a loading chamber and a process chamber; providing sample material in the process chamber array; moving the sample material within the process chamber array by rotating the device; providing paramagnetic particles within the sample material located in the process chamber array; providing a magnet proximate the device; and rotating the device such that the paramagnetic particles within the sample material are subjected to the magnetic field of the magnet during rotation of the device.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of processing sample material comprising:
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providing a device comprising a process chamber array, wherein the process chamber array comprises a loading chamber and a process chamber; providing sample material in the process chamber array; moving the sample material within the process chamber array by rotating the device; providing paramagnetic particles within the sample material located in the process chamber array; locating a magnet proximate the device, the magnet generating a magnetic field; and rotating the device such that the paramagnetic particles within the sample material in the process chamber array are intermittently subjected to the magnetic field of the magnet during the rotating and moved within the sample material in the process chamber array as the paramagnetic particles are moved through the magnetic field of the magnet, wherein the magnet does not rotate with the device when the device is rotating. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of processing sample material comprising:
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providing a device comprising a process chamber array that comprises a loading chamber and a process chamber; providing sample material in the process chamber array; providing paramagnetic particles within the sample material located in the process chamber array; locating a magnet proximate the device, the magnet generating a magnetic field; and mixing the paramagnetic particles within the sample material by rotating the device such that the paramagnetic particles are intermittently subjected to the magnetic field and intermittently subjected to the magnetic field and moved within the sample material in the process chamber array as the paramagnetic particles are moved through the magnetic field of the magnet, wherein the magnet does not rotate with the device when the device is rotating. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of processing sample material comprising:
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providing a device comprising a process chamber array, wherein the process chamber array comprises a loading chamber and a process chamber; providing sample material in the process chamber array; moving the sample material within the process chamber array by rotating the device; providing paramagnetic particles within the sample material located in the process chamber array; rotating the device; and locating a magnet proximate the device for generating a magnetic field, wherein the magnet does not rotate with the device when the device is rotating, such that the paramagnetic particles within the sample material in the process chamber array are intermittently subjected to the magnetic field and moved into and out of a strongest portion of the magnetic field of the magnet as the device is rotated.
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