Systems for filling a sample array by droplet dragging

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8029745
APP PUB NO 20090258797A1
SERIAL NO

12468417

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Systems for filling sample array by droplet dragging are provided. One aspect of the invention provides an array filling system for filling a platen having a platen surface and an array of receptacles, the receptacles having an internal surface and the receptacles separated by the platen surface, the system comprising: a liquid transfer device capable of holding liquid; and a controller configured to position the liquid transfer device in proximity to the platen surface and to move the liquid transfer device across the surface and over the receptacles to be filled so as to cause sequential communication of liquid in the liquid transfer device with the interior surface of each receptacle.

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MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYCAMBRIDGE MA 02139

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Brenan, Colin J H Marblehead, US 18 616
Hunter, Ian Lincoln, US 44 820
Kanigan, Tanya S Cambridge, US 28 2889

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