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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2006
Todd A. Weinfield, Redwood City, CA (US);
Gary Lim, San Francisco, CA (US);
Donald R. Sandell, San Jose, CA (US);
Kevin S. Bodner, Belmont, CA (US);
Mark Borodkin, San Mateo, CA (US);
Mark Oldham, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Jon Hoshizaki, Cupertino, CA (US);
Todd A. Weinfield, Redwood City, CA (US);
Gary Lim, San Francisco, CA (US);
Donald R. Sandell, San Jose, CA (US);
Kevin S. Bodner, Belmont, CA (US);
Mark Borodkin, San Mateo, CA (US);
Mark Oldham, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Jon Hoshizaki, Cupertino, CA (US);
Applied Biosystems Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Abstract
A multi-well microfiltration apparatus and method are provided and feature a manual touch-off system for transferring pendent drops hanging from discharge-conduits of a discharge-conduit array to respective receiving wells or receiving holes of a corresponding receiving array, with minimum or no cross-contamination between the discharge conduits, or the receiving wells or receiving holes. The manual touch-off is achieved by manually shifting a carriage that supports one of the arrays, into a position whereat pendent drops of fluid hanging from the distal ends of the discharge conduits contact the inner sidewalls of the corresponding receiving wells or receiving holes of the receiving array.