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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2018
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Bruce R. Boeke, Ames, IA (US);
Martin Chris Foster, Nevada, IA (US);
Thomas J. Kurt, Ames, IA (US);
Scott Stueckradt, Huxley, IA (US);
Steven J. Lasky, Ankeny, IA (US);
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention is an improved multiplex capillary electrophoresis instrument or module with at least four and preferably six user-accessible vertically stacked drawers. An x-z stage moves samples from the user accessible drawers to the capillary array for analysis. An additional mechanical stage moves the array from side-to-side. The x-z stage, coupled with the additional array stage allows the system to sample all wells of a 384 well plate with a 96-capillary array. A computer program allows users to add capillary electrophoresis jobs to a queue corresponding to the analysis of rows or plates of samples without stopping or interrupting runs in progress.