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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2007
Jian Zhang, New York, NY (US);
Alessio Salerno, Montreal, CA;
Nabil Simaan, New York, NY (US);
Y. Lawrence Yao, New York, NY (US);
Gerhard Randers-pehrson, Ossining, NY (US);
Guy Garty, Dobbs Ferry, NY (US);
Aparajita Dutta, Waltham, MA (US);
David J. Brenner, New York, NY (US);
Jian Zhang, New York, NY (US);
Alessio Salerno, Montreal, CA;
Nabil Simaan, New York, NY (US);
Y. Lawrence Yao, New York, NY (US);
Gerhard Randers-Pehrson, Ossining, NY (US);
Guy Garty, Dobbs Ferry, NY (US);
Aparajita Dutta, Waltham, MA (US);
David J. Brenner, New York, NY (US);
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for robotic transport are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, robotic systems for transporting biological samples include: a plurality of capillary vessels, in which each capillary vessel can contain a biological sample from a population; a receptacle that can contain the plurality of capillary vessels; a centrifuge; a first robotic device that can transport the receptacle between an input module and the centrifuge; a second robotic device that can transport the receptacle between the centrifuge and a sample harvest location; a cutting device that can cut each of the plurality of capillary vessels; a multi-well plate having a plurality of wells arranged in an array; and a third robotic device that can transfer at least one portion of each of the plurality of biological samples from each of the plurality of capillary vessels to a corresponding well in the array.