Apparatus and method for selective agitation of reaction components.

摘要

The invention provides the use of an independently rotatably mounted container (3) in agitating the contents thereof, in the performance of a multi-component reaction or assay, by selective rotation of said container (3) in the presence of adjacently mounted component containers (2) which are not rotated. Such a principle may be applied in suspending solid phases in, for example, automated immunoassay apparatus or in reconstituting freeze dried reagents. Selective rotation has a number of advantages including gentleness to components and greater efficiency and reliability.