Dual manifold system and method for fluid transfer

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6627157
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09262455

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A dual-manifold assembly is provided for the rapid, parallel transfer of liquid reagents from a microtiter plate to a solid state microelectronic device having biological sensors integrated thereon. The assembly includes aspiration and dispense manifolds connected by a plurality of conduits. In operation, the aspiration manifold is actuated such that the aspiration manifold is seated onto an array of reagent-filled wells of the microtiter plate. The wells are pressurized to force reagent through conduits toward the dispense manifold. A pressure pulse provided by a standard ink-jet printhead ejects nanoliter-to-picoliter droplets of reagent through an array of printhead orifices and onto test sites on the surface of the microelectronic device.

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LOCKHEED MARTIN ENERGY RESEARCH CORPORATIONPO BOX 2008 OAK RIDGE TN 37831

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bryan, William Louis Knoxville, TN 2 45
Doktycz, Mitchel J Knoxville, TN 24 608
Kress, Reid Oak Ridge, TN 2 45

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