Patent ID: 9157923
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: B01J,B01L,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A system for inserting reagent or macrobeads into one or more bores of a sample plate comprising: an insertion device comprising one or more push or insertion rods, wherein said one or more push or insertion rods comprise one or more internal bores; a cartridge comprising, in use, a plurality of reagent or macrobeads; and a sample plate having an upper surface and a lower surface and one or more bores extending from said upper surface through to said lower surface, wherein said cartridge is located, in use, adjacent and/or below said sample plate and said one or more push or insertion rods is positionable below said sample plate; and wherein said insertion device is arranged and adapted: (i) to cause said one or more push or insertion rods to enter said cartridge so that each push or insertion rod collects and retains a reagent or macrobead by means of a vacuum, suction or a reduced pressure region; and then (ii) to cause each of said one or more push or insertion rods to exit said cartridge and insert each said reagent or macrobead into a bore of said sample plate via the lower surface of said sample plate, so that each said reagent or macrobead forms a fluid tight circumferential seal with said bore.