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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2005
Applicants:
Peter Massaro, Burlington, CT (US);
Michael Catalano, Madison, CT (US);
Inventors:
Peter Massaro, Burlington, CT (US);
Michael Catalano, Madison, CT (US);
Assignee:
Protedyne Corporation, Windsor, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/18 (2006.01); G01N 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for moving material in a multi-well plate includes applying positive and negative pressure to one or more wells in the plate, e.g., to enhance a flow rate of material from the well through a filter element. Wells requiring application of positive pressure may be identified, e.g., by image analysis performed by a machine vision system. Those wells determined to require enhanced throughput may have negative and positive pressure applied to the well, while other wells have only negative pressure applied.