Inventors:
Timothy Foley - Forest Hill MD, US
P. Beaty - Dallastown PA, US
Michael Walters - Baltimore MD, US
Alexander Clark - Baltimore MD, US
Dwight Livingston - Fallston MD, US
A. Lentz - York PA, US
Miroslaw Bartkowiak - New Freedom PA, US
Daniel Schwartz - Timonium MD, US
Nicholas Bachur - Monkton MD, US
Assignee:
Becton, Dickinson and Company - Franklin Lakes NJ
International Classification:
B01F 13/08
Abstract:
A system comprising one or more sample vessels is provided, the sample vessels comprising a liquid growth medium and a stirrer element, the stirrer element capable of being influenced by a magnetic force, and an incubation and measurement module comprising one or more openings for holding the one or more sample vessels. The incubation and measurement module further comprises at least two drive magnets associated with each of the sample vessels, and a magnet driver adapted to repeatedly move each of the at least two drive magnets toward and away from the surface of the associated sample vessel.