Patent ID: 6372185
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: B01J,B01L,C40B,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
A chemical solution distribution system for distributing chemical solutions to a plurality of multiwell plates having N wells with I subsets of M wells, I being an integer and greater than one, the system comprising:a plurality of liquid handlers, each said liquid handler including: a head capable of moving in a Z-direction, said head having M pipettes; and a table configured to engage one of said plurality of multiwell plates and movable in an X-Y plane relative to Z, said table capable of moving to at least I different positions, wherein at each of said at least I different positions, said M pipettes of said head are aligned with a different one of said I subsets of M wells of said one of said plurality of multiwell plates, and with the proviso that M is about 864 or less.