Method and apparatus for dispensing a liquid into a series of wells
AssigneeTibotec BVBA
InventorsWerner Rene Irene De Beukeleer, Christiaan Hubert Simon Roelant
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for dispensing a volume of fluids from a reservoir, through a fluid outlet in fluid communication with said reservoir, into each well of at least a series of wells, whereby the method comprises a dispensing mode and a non-dispensing mode, whereby the fluid is dispensed into said series of wells at a continuous uninterrupted flow. The invention further relates to a micro titer plate constructed from a hydrophobic and more in particular from a plastic material containing a plurality of series of wells and to an apparatus able to perform the above method.
Claims20
Method for dispensing a predetermined volume of a fluid from a reservoir, through a fluid outlet in fluid communication with said reservoir, into each well of at least one series of wells, such that the volume in each of said well is substantially equal, whereby the method comprises a dispensing mode and a non-dispensing mode, whereby the dispensing mode is characterized in that, the fluid is dispensed at a continuous uninterrupted flow from a moving fluid outlet into said series of wells.
Apparatus for dispensing a volume of fluid from a reservoir, through a fluid outlet in fluid communication with said reservoir comprising:
- a fluid outlet having an inlet and an outlet end for dispensing an uninterrupted flow of fluid originating from said reservoir onto a support comprising a series of wells, said support and/or a fluid outlet being secured in association with a table or carrier able to provide a relative X, X-Y or X-Y-Z motion between the support and the fluid outlet, and
- pumping means for providing an uninterrupted flow of fluid through the fluid outlet from the reservoir and a controller adapted to provide a dispensing and a non-dispensing mode, whereby the controller further is able to provide a substantial equal volume of fluid to be dispensed into each well during a dispensing mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.