A split shaker for an incubator, the incubator defining an incubation chamber, wherein the split shaker includes a disk drive motor for driving a shaking table, a disk drive motor including a stator assembly disposed outside the incubation chamber, and a rotor assembly disposed inside the incubation chamber having a central shaft and a rotor turntable mounted on the central shaft; wherein the rotation of the rotor turntable drives a shaking movement of the shaking table.

Provided herein are apparatuses and systems for mixing liquids and suspensions that include vessels with structures that improve mixing while not contacting liquid delivery components. The apparatuses and systems can include a motor drive that allows speed and directional control of rotation of the vessel. The apparatuses and systems can include one or more magnets for separating magnetic beads in a suspension. Also provided are methods using said apparatuses and systems for mixing and separation processes.

A method for operating a shaking machine, in particular for optimizing an operating state of the shaking machine, including shaking at least one shaking material in at least one shaking vessel; setting at least one target operating parameter to at least one target value or one target range; detecting an adjustment range of at least one additional operating parameter; determining an operating state by means of an optimizer that varies at least one adjustable operating parameter and by using at least one model, such that at least one target operating parameter maintains, achieves, or approaches the target value or target range, wherein at least one operating state of the shaking machine is imaged by at least one model.

A laboratory device (4, 9), in particular a magnetic stirrer, comprises at least one adjustable operating parameter for controlling at least one laboratory device function, and an outer housing (2). The outer housing (2) has a coupling device (11a, 11b) for coupling the laboratory device (4, 9) to at least one further laboratory device (5, 9) for the same at least one laboratory device function, at which further laboratory device the at least one operating parameter can also be adjusted, and the coupling device (11a, 11b) is configured such that by means of the coupling device (11a, 11b) the laboratory device (4, 9) and the at least one further laboratory device (5, 9) can be operated simultaneously and by means of a common adjustment device the at least one operating parameter can be adjusted in a central manner independently and/or consistently for the laboratory device (4, 9) and the at least one further laboratory device (5, 9).

The present disclosure relates to a device for sonicating a biological sample. In one embodiment, a sample tube holder is pivotally suspended in a mount of a sonication device, thus allowing for a rotational degree of freedom and/or lateral movement that provides an optimized contact area between the sonotrode and the sample tube. Also disclosed is a method for sonicating a biological sample using the device described herein.

The invention discloses a multifunctional microfluidic detection chip. The detection chip comprises a chip body, on which a sample injection chamber, a sample quantitative chamber, a sample overflow chamber, a diluent storage chamber, a diluent quantitative chamber, a diluent overflow chamber, a quantitative mixing chamber, a reaction chamber and vent holes are disposed; a sample to be detected is injected into the sample injection chamber, and enters the sample quantitative chamber through a microfluidic channel, and the excess reaction sample enters the sample overflow chamber, a diluent in the diluent storage chamber enters the diluent quantitative chamber through a microfluidic channel, and the excess diluent enters the diluent overflow chamber; the reaction chamber includes one or more reaction cavities and a sample blank cavity; after the sample in the sample quantitative chamber is mixed with the diluent in the diluent quantitative chamber uniformly in the quantitative mixing chamber, mixed liquid enters the reaction cavities through microfluidic channels and reacts with a reaction reagent for detection, and enters the sample blank cavity at the same time as a sample blank for detection. The invention can effectively reduce the sample consumption, improve the accuracy of the detection results, and simultaneously detect multiple indicators.

Embodiments disclose an apparatus and methods for biological sample processing enabling isolation and enrichment of microbial or pathogenic constituents from the sample. A vessel for sample containment and extraction is further disclosed for engagement with a transducer capable of efficient sample disruption and lysis. Together these components provide a convenient and inexpensive solution for rapid sample preparation compatible with downstream analysis techniques.

Method and apparatus to agitate a liquid are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a carrier having a base that includes a ridge extending from the base and a collar extending from the base. The example apparatus also includes a container supported on the base, the container movable between (A) a locked positon in which the ridge fixedly engages the container to non-rotatably couple the container to the base and (B) an unlocked position in which the container is disengaged from the ridge and the container is rotatable about the collar.

Parallel uses of microfluidic methods and devices for focusing and/or forming discontinuous sections of similar or dissimilar size in a fluid are described. In some aspects, the present invention relates generally to flow-focusing-type technology, and also to microfluidics, and more particularly parallel use of microfluidic systems arranged to control a dispersed phase within a dispersant, and the size, and size distribution, of a dispersed phase in a multi-phase fluid system, and systems for delivery of fluid components to multiple such devices.

The invention relates to an arrangement for preparing a plurality of samples for an analytical method, comprising a carousel with a solid housing and moveable receiving parts for the sample containers; a control for controlling the receiving parts in the carousel; and a sample receiving device for providing the sample for the analytical method. Said arrangement is characterized in that one or more stations for preparing samples are provided on the carousel, the receiving parts for the sample containers of the carousel can be positioned on said stations. Said arrangement also comprises a centrifuge with pairs of opposite lying receiving parts provided for the sample containers, and said receiving parts are arranged such that they can move on the centrifuge for the sample holder such that a transfer of a sample holder between a receiving part in the carousel and a receiving part in the centrifuge can be carried out. The control takes place by the same control which is also provided for controlling the carousel.