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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2004
Ian Hunter, Lincoln, MA (US);
Colin J. H. Brenan, Marblehead, MA (US);
Tanya S. Kanigan, Cambridge, MA (US);
Ian Hunter, Lincoln, MA (US);
Colin J. H. Brenan, Marblehead, MA (US);
Tanya S. Kanigan, Cambridge, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A method and an array filling system for loading a plurality of disparate sample containers, the sample containers comprising an integral structure. Each receptacle is characterized by a hydrophilic surface, and the receptacles are separated by a hydrophobic surface. The system has a liquid transfer device capable of holding liquid and adapted for motion to cause sequential communication of liquid held in the liquid transfer device with successive receptacles of the array by dragging the liquid across the hydrophobic surface.