Patent ID: 6824738
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: B01L,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
An automated system for treatment of a plurality of chemical or biological samples attached to solid supports comprising:a sample/collection container, wherein the sample/collection container comprises an assembly of a sample container and a collection container, each container has a plurality of wells formed therein, wherein the sample container has a plurality of drains functionally connected to the sample wells by a bridge portion for transferring, under centrifugal force, a solution from each sample well in the sample container upward from each sample well, across the corresponding bridge portion, through the drain tube and into a corresponding collection well of the collection container, wherein the solid supports remain in the sample wells of the sample container; a centrifuge having a chamber and a rotor with a plurality of loading positions for retaining a plurality of sample/collection containers; at least one dispensing station disposed at least partially in the chamber for dispensing a treatment solution into the plurality of sample/collection containers; and a computer control unit for controlling and monitoring each of the centrifuge and the at least one dispensing station.