Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Liquid-liquid mixing device suitable for sample preparation by liquid-liquid extraction
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Application No.: US16626212Application Date: 2018-06-28
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Publication No.: US11590463B2Publication Date: 2023-02-28
- Inventor: Robert Shellie , Masoomeh Tehrani Rokh , Marcel Van Den Bronk
- Applicant: University of Tasmania
- Applicant Address: AU Sandy Bay
- Assignee: University of Tasmania
- Current Assignee: University of Tasmania
- Current Assignee Address: AU Sandy Bay
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Priority: AU2017902505 20170628
- International Application: PCT/AU2018/050664 WO 20180628
- International Announcement: WO2019/000042 WO 20190103
- Main IPC: B01F31/441
- IPC: B01F31/441 ; B01F23/40 ; G01N1/38 ; B01F23/43 ; B01F23/451 ; B01F35/75

Abstract:
A liquid-liquid mixing device (10, 210) includes a barrel (20, 220) with a liquid port (23) at or adjacent one end. A plunger assembly (30) is reciprocably moveable along an axis in the barrel (20, 220) and includes a seal member (31, 231) and an agitator (50, 250). The seal member (31, 231) is in sealingly slidable engagement with the internal wall of the barrel (20, 220) to define a variable volume chamber (24, 224) therein in communication with the liquid port. The agitator (50, 250) is reciprocably moveable in the variable volume chamber (24, 224), which agitator (50, 250) includes one or more end to end passages (54) through which liquid in the chamber (24, 224) is forced as the agitator (250) reciprocates in the chamber (24, 224). The device (10) also includes a mode selector mechanism (60, 28, 46, 64, 65, 90, 92, 94, 96) for selection between at least two modes of operation for the plunger assembly, wherein the mode selector mechanism (60, 28, 46, 64, 65, 90, 92, 94, 96) is adjustable between two or more modes whereby movement of the plunger assembly (30) effects either movement of the agitator (50, 250) with the seal member (31, 231) or movement of the agitator (50, 250) relative to the seal member (31, 231), depending on the selected mode.
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