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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2016
Life Technologies Corporation, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Kristopher Barbee, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ryan Jones, New Haven, CT (US);
Sean McCusker, Branford, CT (US);
Maximilian Carpino, Uncasville, CT (US);
John Leamon, Stonington, CT (US);
Jonathan Schultz, Guilford, CT (US);
Life Technologies Corporation, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
A sample preparation apparatus includes a robotic system providing movement in three orthogonal directions to an arm operable to receive a pipette tip and to facilitate movement of fluid into and out of the pipette tip. Optionally, the robot can include a gripper arm in addition to the pipette receiving arm. In addition, the sample preparation apparatus can include a tray for receiving pipette tips, receptacles for receiving tubes, an apparatus for forming an emulsion, a device for forming particles that include copies of the polynucleotide, a device for enriching the particles, as well as a centrifuge for loading such particles onto a sensor array. The sample preparation apparatus can further include receptacles for holding containers of reagent solutions.