WO2003101369A3 - Liquid transfer device - Google Patents

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WO2003101369A3
WO2003101369A3 PCT/US2003/017443 US0317443W WO03101369A3 WO 2003101369 A3 WO2003101369 A3 WO 2003101369A3 US 0317443 W US0317443 W US 0317443W WO 03101369 A3 WO03101369 A3 WO 03101369A3
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reservoir
nozzle
transfer
rest position
reservoirs
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PCT/US2003/017443
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French (fr)
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WO2003101369A2 (en
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Stuart Elmes
Jonathan Pearson
Alistair Taylor
David Frank Moore
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Matrix Technologies Corp
Stuart Elmes
Jonathan Pearson
Alistair Taylor
David Frank Moore
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Priority to AU2003249687A priority Critical patent/AU2003249687A1/en
Publication of WO2003101369A2 publication Critical patent/WO2003101369A2/en
Publication of WO2003101369A3 publication Critical patent/WO2003101369A3/en

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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01L—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
    • B01L3/00—Containers or dishes for laboratory use, e.g. laboratory glassware; Droppers
    • B01L3/02—Burettes; Pipettes
    • B01L3/0241—Drop counters; Drop formers
    • B01L3/0268—Drop counters; Drop formers using pulse dispensing or spraying, eg. inkjet type, piezo actuated ejection of droplets from capillaries
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01J—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS
    • B01J2219/00—Chemical, physical or physico-chemical processes in general; Their relevant apparatus
    • B01J2219/00274—Sequential or parallel reactions; Apparatus and devices for combinatorial chemistry or for making arrays; Chemical library technology
    • B01J2219/00277—Apparatus
    • B01J2219/00351—Means for dispensing and evacuation of reagents
    • B01J2219/0036—Nozzles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01J—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS
    • B01J2219/00—Chemical, physical or physico-chemical processes in general; Their relevant apparatus
    • B01J2219/00274—Sequential or parallel reactions; Apparatus and devices for combinatorial chemistry or for making arrays; Chemical library technology
    • B01J2219/00277—Apparatus
    • B01J2219/00351—Means for dispensing and evacuation of reagents
    • B01J2219/0036—Nozzles
    • B01J2219/00362—Acoustic nozzles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01L—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
    • B01L2300/00—Additional constructional details
    • B01L2300/08—Geometry, shape and general structure
    • B01L2300/0809—Geometry, shape and general structure rectangular shaped
    • B01L2300/0829—Multi-well plates; Microtitration plates
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01L—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
    • B01L2400/00—Moving or stopping fluids
    • B01L2400/04—Moving fluids with specific forces or mechanical means
    • B01L2400/0475—Moving fluids with specific forces or mechanical means specific mechanical means and fluid pressure
    • B01L2400/0478—Moving fluids with specific forces or mechanical means specific mechanical means and fluid pressure pistons
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01L—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
    • B01L2400/00—Moving or stopping fluids
    • B01L2400/04—Moving fluids with specific forces or mechanical means
    • B01L2400/0475—Moving fluids with specific forces or mechanical means specific mechanical means and fluid pressure
    • B01L2400/0481—Moving fluids with specific forces or mechanical means specific mechanical means and fluid pressure squeezing of channels or chambers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01L—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
    • B01L2400/00—Moving or stopping fluids
    • B01L2400/04—Moving fluids with specific forces or mechanical means
    • B01L2400/0475—Moving fluids with specific forces or mechanical means specific mechanical means and fluid pressure
    • B01L2400/0487—Moving fluids with specific forces or mechanical means specific mechanical means and fluid pressure fluid pressure, pneumatics
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C40—COMBINATORIAL TECHNOLOGY
    • C40B—COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; LIBRARIES, e.g. CHEMICAL LIBRARIES
    • C40B60/00—Apparatus specially adapted for use in combinatorial chemistry or with libraries
    • C40B60/14—Apparatus specially adapted for use in combinatorial chemistry or with libraries for creating libraries

Abstract

A transfer system for dispensing controlled amounts of liquid. The system including a plurality of reservoirs, each having at least one nozzle commonly provided on a lower side of the reservoir, a plurality of momentum transfer components, each of which is supported for vertical movement in a respective one of the plurality of reservoirs from a rest position in which a lower surface of the transfer component is located within the respective reservoir facing the nozzle, and an actuator provided externally of the reservoir for accelerating the transfer components downwardly relative to the reservoir. The system may simultaneously fill a selected number or all of an array of vessels or to produce a microarray on a substrate surface. A method includes accelerating a transfer component supported in a reservoir from a rest position towards the nozzle and reducing the distance of the component from the nozzle in the rest position.
PCT/US2003/017443 2002-06-04 2003-06-04 Liquid transfer device WO2003101369A2 (en)

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AU2003249687A AU2003249687A1 (en) 2002-06-04 2003-06-04 Liquid transfer device

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US38559802P 2002-06-04 2002-06-04
US60/385,598 2002-06-04

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WO2003101369A3 true WO2003101369A3 (en) 2009-06-18

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Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5320250A (en) * 1991-12-02 1994-06-14 Asymptotic Technologies, Inc. Method for rapid dispensing of minute quantities of viscous material
US5338688A (en) * 1990-08-02 1994-08-16 Boehringer Mannheim Gmbh Method for the metered application of a biochemical analytical liquid to a target

Patent Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5338688A (en) * 1990-08-02 1994-08-16 Boehringer Mannheim Gmbh Method for the metered application of a biochemical analytical liquid to a target
US5320250A (en) * 1991-12-02 1994-06-14 Asymptotic Technologies, Inc. Method for rapid dispensing of minute quantities of viscous material

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