Apparatus and method for combinatorial chemistry synthesis
First Claim
1. An integrated apparatus for performing combinatorial-chemistry synthetic reactions comprising:
- a. means for containing one or more of a plurality of combinatorial-chemistry synthetic reactions, each said means for containing having an aperture for aspirating a fluid from and for dispensing a fluid into the interior of said containing means;
b. means for sealing said apertures of said containing means;
c. means for dispensing a selected one or more of a plurality fluids into said containing means;
d. means for aspirating fluids from said containing means; and
e. robot arm means for gripping one or more of said containing means and transporting said means for containing between said means for sealing, said means for dispensing, and said means for aspirating,wherein said means for sealing comprises a plurality of means for sealing, and wherein said robot arm means is further capable of gripping and transporting one of said means for sealing and engaging it with one or a plurality of containing means in order to seal said plurality of containing means,whereby said integrated apparatus can perform a protocol for said combinatorial-chemistry synthetic reactions.
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Abstract
In a first embodiment, this invention includes an integrated robot apparatus for performing combinatorial chemistry synthesis protocols and having interchangeable work-stations, robot arm tools, and reaction vessels and reaction vessel arrays. The work-stations and tools are specialized to perform tasks necessary for the synthesis in a plurality of the reaction vessels grouped in a plurality of the reaction vessel arrays. Preferably, these elements function interchangeably because they have standardized sizes and conformation. The work-stations and tools include those for fluid dispensing or aspirating from individual reaction vessels or from all the reaction vessels in an array simultaneously. The reaction vessels can include, alternatively, stackable, ball-sealed reaction vessels, microtitre-like reaction vessel arrays, arrays of independent reaction vessels, valve-sealed reaction vessels, septum-sealed reaction vessels, and syringe reaction vessels. In alternative embodiments, this invention includes these work-stations, tools, reaction vessels and reaction vessel arrays in various combinations or sub-combinations either for use in partially integrated robots or for manual or standalone use.
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1. An integrated apparatus for performing combinatorial-chemistry synthetic reactions comprising:
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a. means for containing one or more of a plurality of combinatorial-chemistry synthetic reactions, each said means for containing having an aperture for aspirating a fluid from and for dispensing a fluid into the interior of said containing means; b. means for sealing said apertures of said containing means; c. means for dispensing a selected one or more of a plurality fluids into said containing means; d. means for aspirating fluids from said containing means; and e. robot arm means for gripping one or more of said containing means and transporting said means for containing between said means for sealing, said means for dispensing, and said means for aspirating, wherein said means for sealing comprises a plurality of means for sealing, and wherein said robot arm means is further capable of gripping and transporting one of said means for sealing and engaging it with one or a plurality of containing means in order to seal said plurality of containing means, whereby said integrated apparatus can perform a protocol for said combinatorial-chemistry synthetic reactions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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