Patent ID: 9535080
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: G01N,Y10T

Claim:
1. An apparatus comprising: a platform including a horizontal surface and a channel extending in the horizontal surface to receive an array of compartments; the array of compartments disposed in the channel, the array including one row of compartments disposed in a plurality of columns, the one row, the array including first and last compartments at opposite ends of the each row and further compartments located between the first and last compartments of the row; a magnet disposed in the channel of the platform; a translation device including a mounting; a pipette tip attached to the mounting of the translation device; and the apparatus programmed to facilitate relative movement of the array and the magnet within the channel to apply and remove a magnetic field from the first compartment of the row of the array and further programmed to control the translation device to position the pipette tip in compartments of the row of the array; wherein, when the magnetic field is applied to the first compartment, the magnet is not positioned adjacent to a compartment of the further compartments located between the first and last compartments of the respective one or more rows.