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Methods for filing a sample array by droplet dragging

  • US 7,547,556 B2
  • Filed: 10/05/2004
  • Issued: 06/16/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/12/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An array filling system for transferring liquid to an array of receptacles, the system comprising:

  • an array of receptacles characterized by a hydrophilic surface, the receptacles separated by a hydrophobic surface;

    a liquid transfer device capable of holding liquid; and

    a controller configured to position the liquid transfer device in proximity to the hydrophobic surface and to move the liquid transfer device across the hydrophobic surface and over the receptacles to be filled so as to cause sequential communication of liquid in the liquid transfer device with the hydrophilic surface of each receptacle.

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