Apparatus and method for the purification of biomolecules
First Claim
1. A system for diagnostically purifying biomolecules comprising:
- a plurality of cavities for accommodating solutions, the plurality of cavities comprising at least one sample cavity for a sample material, wherein the sample material comprises the biomolecules and wherein the sample cavity bears an unambiguous identification, at least one yield cavity, and at least one of a lysis cavity, one or more washing cavities and an elution cavity,at least one movable and magnetizable pin arranged in such a fashion that the movable and magnetizable pin can be inserted in at least one of the lysis cavity, in the one or more washing cavities and in the elution cavity,a control unit for controlling the system,magnetizable particles to which the biomolecules are attachable to form a particle-biomolecule complexwherein the system yields an eluate with the diagnostically purified biomolecules from the sample material by transporting the particle-biomolecule complex with the at least one movable and magnetizable pin to at least the elution cavity wherein the biomolecules are desorbed from the magnetizable particles, anda coding detection and transfer unit for the unambiguous identification of a coding relating to the content of the sample material in the at least one sample cavity and for reallocating the coding to the result in the at least one yield cavity.
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Abstract
The invention comprises an apparatus 10 and a method 100 for purifying biomolecules 28. Magnetizable particles 35 and a group of magnetizable pins 40 are used for binding biomolecules 28 to the magnetizable particles 35 using a binding buffer 30b, and for transferring the magnetizable particles 35 forming a particle-biomolecule complex 36. The apparatus 10 comprises an incubation unit 60 that allows for an upscaling of a maximum volume of a sample material. Furthermore the apparatus 10 comprises counter magnets 50 which are arranged on cavities 20. Solutions 30 comprising the biomolecules 28 and the magnetizable particles 35 are disposed in the cavities. The use of counter magnets 50 improves the quality of an eluate. Furthermore the invention comprises a system 800 and a method 900 for a diagnostically purifying of biomolecules 28. The method 900 further comprises a controlling of method steps and a selection of substances and reagents (for example the magnetizable particles 35) based on information automatically collected from, for example, the samples and/or derived from used substances and reagents. The system 800 fulfills requirements of medical diagnostics.
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15 Claims
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1. A system for diagnostically purifying biomolecules comprising:
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a plurality of cavities for accommodating solutions, the plurality of cavities comprising at least one sample cavity for a sample material, wherein the sample material comprises the biomolecules and wherein the sample cavity bears an unambiguous identification, at least one yield cavity, and at least one of a lysis cavity, one or more washing cavities and an elution cavity, at least one movable and magnetizable pin arranged in such a fashion that the movable and magnetizable pin can be inserted in at least one of the lysis cavity, in the one or more washing cavities and in the elution cavity, a control unit for controlling the system, magnetizable particles to which the biomolecules are attachable to form a particle-biomolecule complex wherein the system yields an eluate with the diagnostically purified biomolecules from the sample material by transporting the particle-biomolecule complex with the at least one movable and magnetizable pin to at least the elution cavity wherein the biomolecules are desorbed from the magnetizable particles, and a coding detection and transfer unit for the unambiguous identification of a coding relating to the content of the sample material in the at least one sample cavity and for reallocating the coding to the result in the at least one yield cavity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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