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Redrawn capillary imaging reservoir

  • US 6,762,061 B1
  • Filed: 03/15/2000
  • Issued: 07/13/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/03/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for transferring individual droplets of liquid to a substrate, comprising the steps of:

  • providing a reservoir device having a plurality of individual passages, each having an output end;

    positioning a transfer device having an array of pins extending therefrom such that the pins face the output ends of the passages;

    contacting the pins with liquid from the corresponding passages to transfer droplets of liquid from the corresponding passages to the pins;

    maintaining liquid that remains in the passages after transfer of the droplets of liquid to the pins, at the output ends of the passages via capillary force; and

    moving the pins relative to the substrate to transfer the droplets of liquid onto the substrate.

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