Title:
ROBOT FOR ORCHESTRATING MICROFLUIDICS EXPERIMENTS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2010/147958
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A robot is described for automatically performing microfluidic experiments that are often complex and repetitive. The robot includes a system for initiating the communication of off-chip fluids, such as fluorocarbons, and off-chip materials, such as proteins. The communication of off-chip fluids and off-chip materials is further guided to a microfluidics device vis-a-vis a Z-head robot, an XY plane robot, and an interface assembly that creates a fluid-tight joint for communicating the off-chip fluids and off-chip materials into the microfluidics device for conduction of microfluidics experiments.
Inventors:
GERDTS CORY (US)
LOVATT ANDREW M (GB)
CRISP PAUL M (GB)
NOLLERT-VON SPECHT PETER (US)
STEWART LANSING J (US)
LOVATT ANDREW M (GB)
CRISP PAUL M (GB)
NOLLERT-VON SPECHT PETER (US)
STEWART LANSING J (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2010/038633
Publication Date:
March 31, 2011
Filing Date:
June 15, 2010
Export Citation:
Assignee:
EMERALD BIOSTRUCTURES INC (US)
GERDTS CORY (US)
LOVATT ANDREW M (GB)
CRISP PAUL M (GB)
NOLLERT-VON SPECHT PETER (US)
STEWART LANSING J (US)
GERDTS CORY (US)
LOVATT ANDREW M (GB)
CRISP PAUL M (GB)
NOLLERT-VON SPECHT PETER (US)
STEWART LANSING J (US)
International Classes:
G01N35/00; B25J9/00; G01N33/48; G01N35/10
Foreign References:
| US20020052696A1 | 2002-05-02 | |||
| US20050201901A1 | 2005-09-15 | |||
| US20070029202A1 | 2007-02-08 | |||
| US6132685A | 2000-10-17 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
CHU, D.c., Peter (1420 5th Avenue Suite 280, Seattle WA, US)
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