WO2002064812A3 - High capacity microarray dispensing - Google Patents

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WO2002064812A3
WO2002064812A3 PCT/US2001/045446 US0145446W WO02064812A3 WO 2002064812 A3 WO2002064812 A3 WO 2002064812A3 US 0145446 W US0145446 W US 0145446W WO 02064812 A3 WO02064812 A3 WO 02064812A3
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microplates
stacking
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Brian L Ganz
Mandel W Mickley
John Andrew Moulds
Christopher T Brovold
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Robodesign International Inc
Brian L Ganz
Mandel W Mickley
John Andrew Moulds
Christopher T Brovold
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Abstract

A high capacity microarrayer for spotting solution onto slides (4A1-4E10) in an automated microarray dispensing device. A microp late indexing device automatically moves, in sequence, a plurality of microplates (5) to a solution removal area. A dispense head(6) accesses each microplate at the solution removal area to remove solution from the microplate. The dispense head than moves to a slide positioning station to spot slides at the slide positioning station. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the microplate indexing station has at least one input stacking chamber for stacking microplates, and at least one output stacking chamber for stacking microplates. A beam walking beam indexer is for moving microplates from the input stacking chamber to the output stacking chamber.
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