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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8034625 | Animal cell colony picking apparatus and method An apparatus and method for automated picking of animal cell colonies is described. A picking head comprising a plurality of hollow pins is provided. The apparatus has an integrated imager for capturing an image of adherent or non-adherent animal cell colonies held ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8034612 | Animal cell colony picking apparatus and method An apparatus and method for automated picking of animal cell colonies. A picking head comprising a plurality of hollow pins is provided. The apparatus has an integrated imager for capturing an image of adherent or non-adherent animal cell colonies held in liquid or ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7799575 | Flow cytometers A calibration method for a flow cytometer with a multichannel detector module. During calibration, the fluorescence intensity data values for the different detector channels are used to calculate normalization factors needed to adjust subsequent data collected by ea... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7776584 | Animal cell colony picking apparatus and method An apparatus and method for automated picking of animal cell colonies. A picking head comprising a plurality of hollow pins is provided. The apparatus has an integrated imager for capturing an image of adherent or non-adherent animal cell colonies held in liquid or ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7718131 | Methods and apparatus for imaging and processing of samples in biological sample containers Disclosed herein is a holder for biological sample containers such as well plates. The holder comprises a flat vacuum bed surrounded by a seal. A container is placed within the seal and a vacuum is applied, pressing and flattening the lower surface of the sample con... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7646482 | Methods and apparatus for optical analysis of samples in biological sample containers An apparatus and method for optically analyzing samples in a biological sample container containing samples arranged at different locations on the base of the container. An optical acquisition device is provided comprising a detector and an objective. The position o... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7628960 | Liquid handling robot for well plates A liquid handling robot for handling well plates. The robot has a powered anvil which loads pipette tips from a tray onto the cones of a liquid handling head by first clamping the liquid handling head to the anvil and then ramming a movable plate carrying the pipett... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7535556 | Methods and apparatus for optical analysis of samples in biological sample containers An apparatus and method for optically analyzing samples in a biological sample container containing samples arranged at different locations on the base of the container. An optical acquisition device is provided comprising a detector and an objective. The position o... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7247429 | Biochemical amplification of nucleic acids A method of cleaning a pin head or other implements between handling a plurality of samples of nucleic acid subject to an amplification process using a biochemical amplification product. The method comprises exposing the pin head or other implement to ultraviolet (U... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7208124 | Microarraying process and apparatus A high throughput microarraying or colony picking robot with an automatic mechanism for exchanging pin heads and an automated washing and drying apparatus. The robot allows a dirty pin head to be deposited on the automated washing and drying apparatus for cleaning w... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7105129 | Liquid handling robot for well plates A liquid handling robot for handling well plates. The robot has a powered anvil which loads pipette tips from a tray onto the cones of a liquid handling head by first clamping the liquid handling head to the anvil and then ramming a movable plate carrying the pipett... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6878949 | Gel imaging and excision A robot for imaging and excision of two-dimensional fluorescent gels. An array detector is mounted in the roof of the robot to image down onto a gel dish placed on a light table. Fluorescence is excited by illuminating the light table from below with light emitting ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6759012 | Pin holder for a microarraying apparatus A pin holder for a microarraying apparatus comprising at least one group of bodies of circular cross-section packed together to form a network of pathways in gaps between the bodies; and an array of pins slidably arranged in the pathways. The pins are held in parall... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6752182 | Microarraying apparatus, pin head therefor and spotting method The invention is based on the realization that feedback control for the vertical drive of a pin head becomes unnecessary if one instead prealigns the relative heights of the spotting surface and the well plates such that the pins in the pin head are lowered to the s... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6597500 | Adhesive label with grid for microscope slide An adhesive label 3 for attaching to a microscope slide 1 is disclosed. The label 3 may have one or more grids or arrays 2 provided on it to help an operator to manually spot a microscope slide 1.... | 07/22/2003 |
