A serial sample loading system: Interfacing multiwell plates with microfluidic devices

Journal of Laboratory Automation

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 370-377

  Rane, Tushar D ^a   Zec, Helena C ^a   Wang, Tza Huei ^a,b  

^a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Whiting School of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

High throughput; Microfluidic devices; Multiwell plates; Sample delivery

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL MICROFLUIDICS; FLUIDIC DEVICES;

HIGH THROUGHPUT; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING; LOADING DEVICES; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MULTI WELLS; NUMBER OF SAMPLES; POSITIVE PRESSURE; SAMPLE HANDLING;

LOADING;

DNA; LAMBDA DNA; STAINLESS STEEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ADAPTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA DETERMINATION; ELECTRONIC PRESSURE CONTROLLER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GENERAL DEVICE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LABORATORY DEVICE; MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE; MICROFLUIDICS; MULTIWELL PLATE; NANOPORT; ROBOTICS; SERIAL SAMPLE LOADING SYSTEM; SYRINGE; VACUUM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; PHARMACEUTICS;

AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; ROBOTICS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 84873036605     PISSN: 22110682     EISSN: 22110690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2211068212455169     Document Type: Article

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