Three-phase tilting agitator for microarrays

Details Three-phase tilting agitator for microarrays Three-phase tilting agitator for microarrays

2005-07-29

2009-08-25

Sorkin, David L (Department: 1797)

Agitating

By movement of support for removable mixing chamber

Mixing chamber secured to support

C366S209000, C366S217000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07578612

ABSTRACT:
A low-cost, easy to operate, three-phase tilting agitator for microarrays, including large area microarrays, provides experimentally verified improvements in hybridization intensity and uniformity. Motion is coupled from a single motor to a sample holder via three suspension tethers. The microarrays may be immersed in a water bath during agitation to maintain a temperature for the hybridization reaction. The use of traditional cover slips for the microarrays minimizes the volume requirement for target sample solution.

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