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US 6,913,934 B2Granted
Apparatus and methods for parallel processing of multiple reaction mixtures
AssigneeSymyx Technologies, Inc.
InventorsG. Cameron Dales, Gary Diamond, Trevor G. Frank, J. Christopher Freitag, Kenneth S. Higashihara, Dave Huffman, Jonah R. Troth
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Abstract
A cannula for use in transferring small volumes of fluid materials, such as in a parallel reaction process. The cannula comprises a long thin needle having various end (port) configurations, and an adapter for connecting the needle to a fluid line. The adapter may include the combination of a reservoir and transition, or simply a transition.
Claims12
A method of transferring fluids using a cannula, comprising
- connecting the cannula to a robot transport system,
- operating the robot transport system to transport the cannula to a fluid transfer location, said transport involving moving said cannula along x, y and z axes, rotating the cannula to an angular orientation off vertical, and inserting the cannula while in said angled orientation into an angled cannula passage, and
- effecting transfer of said fluid while said cannula is in said angled cannula passage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.