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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2004
Laurent Martin, Encinitas, CA (US);
John W. Palan, San Diego, CA (US);
Laurent Martin, Encinitas, CA (US);
John W. Palan, San Diego, CA (US);
Takeda San Diego, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A crystallization system is provided comprising a trial generation station configured to generate crystallization trials in trial zones of a crystallization plate; an imaging station configured to take images of crystallization trials in the crystallization plate; a transport mechanism configured to transport the crystallization plate to the imaging station after generation of the crystallization trials; and a controller including logic for causing the trial generation station to generate the crystallization trials in the crystallization plate, logic for causing the transport mechanism to transport the crystallization plate to the imaging station and logic for causing the imaging station to take images of the crystallization trials.