Patent ID: 8313711

Claim:
A system for dispensing fluids, the system comprising: a liquid handling robot having one or more robotic arms; a plurality of source reservoirs, each of the plurality of source reservoirs containing a liquid component; one or more conduit networks defining one or more flow paths from one or more of the plurality of source reservoirs; one or more destination substrates having one or more destination locations for receiving liquid components to prepare one or more liquid mixtures; a plurality of fluid outlets mounted on the one or more robotic arms, each of the fluid outlets being configured to receive liquid components from one or more of the source reservoirs, the fluid outlets comprising a first fluid outlet configured to dispense the received liquid components into one or more of the destination locations according to a high-volume dispensing system and a second fluid outlet configured to dispense the received liquid components into one or more of the destination locations according to a low-volume dispensing system; and a control system programmed to control the liquid handling robot and the first and second fluid outlets to cause the system to dispense the liquid components at the one or more destination locations.