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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2016
Vibrant Holdings, Llc, San Carlos, CA (US);
John J. Rajasekaran, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Vasanth Jayaraman, San Mateo, CA (US);
Tianhao Wang, San Mateo, CA (US);
Kang Bei, San Mateo, CA (US);
Hari Krishnan Krishnamurthy, San Mateo, CA (US);
Karthik Krishna, Foster City, CA (US);
VIBRANT HOLDINGS, LLC, San Carlos, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods, tools, pillar plates, and tool assemblies for biomolecular analysis using microarrays that reduces the likelihood of air bubbles being trapped by the microarrays. Embodiments of the tools include two clamps that have a tool mount portion and a grasping portion. The tool mount portion is configured to engage a lifting mechanism of a plate handling robot for moving a pillar plate that include microarrays. The grasping portion is configured to freely suspend the pillar plate at an inclination of a non-zero tilt angle relative to a plane normal to the tool mount portion. Embodiments of pillar plates include two protruding edges on opposite sides of the pillar plate and a plurality of pillars with one or more affixed microarrays. Embodiments of the tool assembly include the tool and the pillar plate, wherein the protruding edges are configured to engage with the gasping portions.
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