Title:
MICROTITER PLATE SCRUBBING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2006017737
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Au automated microtiter plate scrubber device includes vertical hoppers for dirty plates on the input side (12) and clean plates on the out side (16) of the scrubber head assembly (14). The scrubber head (14) has distinct pair of liquid and air ports on a plurality of nozzles corresponding to each sample well on the plate. A shuttle mechanism receives a used plate from the input hopper (12) and slides it from the input hopper assembly (12), across the nozzles of the scrubber head assembly (14) and to the output hopper assembly (16). An array of air nozzles inserted into every well of the cleaned plate blows excess water from the wells as it is stored in the output side hopper (16).
Inventors:
HEDBERG HERBERT J (US)
LITTLE MATTHEW S (US)
KANGAS BRIAN A (US)
LITTLE MATTHEW S (US)
KANGAS BRIAN A (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2005/027900
Publication Date:
September 21, 2006
Filing Date:
August 05, 2005
Export Citation:
Assignee:
CETEK CORP (US)
HEDBERG HERBERT J (US)
LITTLE MATTHEW S (US)
KANGAS BRIAN A (US)
HEDBERG HERBERT J (US)
LITTLE MATTHEW S (US)
KANGAS BRIAN A (US)
International Classes:
B08B3/02; B08B5/02; B08B9/00
Foreign References:
| US5078164A | 1992-01-07 | |||
| US3798065A | 1974-03-19 | |||
| US5951783A | 1999-09-14 | |||
| US6787111B2 | 2004-09-07 |
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