CA2386760C - Apparatus for gripping microplates - Google Patents

Apparatus for gripping microplates Download PDF

Info

Publication number
CA2386760C
CA2386760C CA002386760A CA2386760A CA2386760C CA 2386760 C CA2386760 C CA 2386760C CA 002386760 A CA002386760 A CA 002386760A CA 2386760 A CA2386760 A CA 2386760A CA 2386760 C CA2386760 C CA 2386760C
Authority
CA
Canada
Prior art keywords
base
microplate
plate gasket
vacuum
raised edges
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Fee Related
Application number
CA002386760A
Other languages
English (en)
French (fr)
Other versions
CA2386760A1 (en
Inventor
Glenn A. Clarke
Marc N. Feiglin
Gary S. Kath
Gregory W. King
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Merck Sharp and Dohme LLC
Original Assignee
Merck and Co Inc
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Merck and Co Inc filed Critical Merck and Co Inc
Publication of CA2386760A1 publication Critical patent/CA2386760A1/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of CA2386760C publication Critical patent/CA2386760C/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N35/00—Automatic analysis not limited to methods or materials provided for in any single one of groups G01N1/00 - G01N33/00; Handling materials therefor
    • G01N35/0099—Automatic analysis not limited to methods or materials provided for in any single one of groups G01N1/00 - G01N33/00; Handling materials therefor comprising robots or similar manipulators
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25B—TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING OR HOLDING
    • B25B11/00—Work holders not covered by any preceding group in the subclass, e.g. magnetic work holders, vacuum work holders
    • B25B11/005—Vacuum work holders
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N35/00—Automatic analysis not limited to methods or materials provided for in any single one of groups G01N1/00 - G01N33/00; Handling materials therefor
    • G01N35/02—Automatic analysis not limited to methods or materials provided for in any single one of groups G01N1/00 - G01N33/00; Handling materials therefor using a plurality of sample containers moved by a conveyor system past one or more treatment or analysis stations
    • G01N35/04—Details of the conveyor system
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10P—GENERIC PROCESSES OR APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H10P72/00—Handling or holding of wafers, substrates or devices during manufacture or treatment thereof
    • H10P72/70—Handling or holding of wafers, substrates or devices during manufacture or treatment thereof for supporting or gripping
    • H10P72/76—Handling or holding of wafers, substrates or devices during manufacture or treatment thereof for supporting or gripping using mechanical means, e.g. clamps or pinches
    • H10P72/7602—Handling or holding of wafers, substrates or devices during manufacture or treatment thereof for supporting or gripping using mechanical means, e.g. clamps or pinches the wafers being placed on a robot blade or gripped by a gripper for conveyance
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10P—GENERIC PROCESSES OR APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H10P72/00—Handling or holding of wafers, substrates or devices during manufacture or treatment thereof
    • H10P72/70—Handling or holding of wafers, substrates or devices during manufacture or treatment thereof for supporting or gripping
    • H10P72/78—Handling or holding of wafers, substrates or devices during manufacture or treatment thereof for supporting or gripping using vacuum or suction, e.g. Bernoulli chucks
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N35/00—Automatic analysis not limited to methods or materials provided for in any single one of groups G01N1/00 - G01N33/00; Handling materials therefor
    • G01N35/02—Automatic analysis not limited to methods or materials provided for in any single one of groups G01N1/00 - G01N33/00; Handling materials therefor using a plurality of sample containers moved by a conveyor system past one or more treatment or analysis stations
    • G01N35/04—Details of the conveyor system
    • G01N2035/0401—Sample carriers, cuvettes or reaction vessels
    • G01N2035/0418—Plate elements with several rows of samples
    • G01N2035/042—Plate elements with several rows of samples moved independently, e.g. by fork manipulator
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
    • Y10T29/49998—Work holding
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/53—Means to assemble or disassemble
    • Y10T29/53991—Work gripper, anvil, or element

Landscapes

  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Pathology (AREA)
  • Analytical Chemistry (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Biochemistry (AREA)
  • Immunology (AREA)
  • Robotics (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Automatic Analysis And Handling Materials Therefor (AREA)
  • Manipulator (AREA)
  • Sampling And Sample Adjustment (AREA)
CA002386760A 1999-10-22 2000-10-18 Apparatus for gripping microplates Expired - Fee Related CA2386760C (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US16121699P 1999-10-22 1999-10-22
US60/161,216 1999-10-22
PCT/US2000/028781 WO2001030541A1 (en) 1999-10-22 2000-10-18 Apparatus for gripping microplates

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
CA2386760A1 CA2386760A1 (en) 2001-05-03
CA2386760C true CA2386760C (en) 2006-07-18

Family

ID=22580324

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
CA002386760A Expired - Fee Related CA2386760C (en) 1999-10-22 2000-10-18 Apparatus for gripping microplates

Country Status (6)

Country Link
US (1) US6449827B1 (https=)
EP (1) EP1226004A4 (https=)
JP (1) JP4565791B2 (https=)
AU (1) AU774002B2 (https=)
CA (1) CA2386760C (https=)
WO (1) WO2001030541A1 (https=)

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN109434703A (zh) * 2018-10-12 2019-03-08 中航华东光电有限公司 柔性可调式吸附平台

Families Citing this family (20)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6825042B1 (en) * 1998-02-24 2004-11-30 Vertex Pharmaceuticals (San Diego) Llc Microplate lid
FI981717A7 (fi) 1998-08-07 2000-02-08 Borealis As Katalysaattorikomponentti, joka käsittää magnesiumia, titaania, halogeenia ja elektronidonorin, sen valmistus ja käyttö
US6998094B2 (en) * 2001-09-06 2006-02-14 Genetix Limited Apparatus for and methods of handling biological sample containers
US6843962B2 (en) * 2001-09-06 2005-01-18 Genetix Limited Apparatus for and methods of handling biological sample containers
US20060032037A1 (en) * 2004-08-13 2006-02-16 Dar-Wen Lo [assembling method and device thereof]
US8221697B2 (en) * 2007-01-12 2012-07-17 Nichols Michael J Apparatus for lidding or delidding microplate
US8703492B2 (en) 2007-04-06 2014-04-22 Qiagen Gaithersburg, Inc. Open platform hybrid manual-automated sample processing system
EP2263802A1 (en) * 2009-05-25 2010-12-22 F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG System and method for dispensing fluids
US9953141B2 (en) 2009-11-18 2018-04-24 Becton, Dickinson And Company Laboratory central control unit method and system
CN103183201B (zh) * 2011-12-29 2016-01-13 富泰华工业（深圳）有限公司 吸附装置
US9993824B2 (en) 2012-08-09 2018-06-12 Tecan Trading Ag Microplate reader with lid lifter for microplates
CH706811A1 (de) 2012-08-09 2014-02-14 Tecan Trading Ag Mikroplatten-Reader mit Deckelabheber für Mikroplatten.
US9568414B2 (en) 2012-08-09 2017-02-14 Tecan Trading Ag Microplate reader with lid lifter for microplates
CA2791003C (en) * 2012-09-27 2013-08-06 Cinrg Systems Inc. Liquid sample testing apparatus
CN103264362A (zh) * 2013-05-06 2013-08-28 苏州金牛精密机械有限公司 一种真空吸盘定位治具
EP3330697A1 (de) * 2016-11-30 2018-06-06 Bayer Aktiengesellschaft Vorrichtung zur ermittlung der wirkung von wirkstoffen an nematoden und anderen organismen in wässrigen tests
JP6944049B2 (ja) 2017-09-29 2021-10-06 シーメンス・ヘルスケア・ダイアグノスティックス・インコーポレイテッド 試験管真空保持装置
JP7002326B2 (ja) * 2017-12-26 2022-01-20 川崎重工業株式会社 蓋閉じ装置及び蓋閉じ方法
CN113583849A (zh) * 2021-09-13 2021-11-02 英诺维尔智能科技（苏州）有限公司 一种相互独立的多振荡单元多孔板全自动化摇床培养箱
CN115405823A (zh) * 2022-09-09 2022-11-29 深圳鸣基医疗科技有限公司 微板支架及微板组件

Family Cites Families (22)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3584859A (en) * 1969-01-03 1971-06-15 Robert E Siron Vacuum-operated specimen-holding device
US3617045A (en) * 1970-01-14 1971-11-02 Motorola Inc Vacuum-actuated chuck
JPS527223B2 (https=) * 1973-05-28 1977-03-01
JPS5831916B2 (ja) * 1976-04-30 1983-07-09 オリンパス光学工業株式会社 自動培養装置におけるシヤ−レの蓋開閉装置
JPS56158200U (https=) * 1980-04-28 1981-11-25
US4403567A (en) * 1980-08-21 1983-09-13 Commonwealth Scientific Corporation Workpiece holder
JPS5894383A (ja) * 1981-11-30 1983-06-04 Terumo Corp 培養器具
DE3208864A1 (de) * 1982-03-11 1983-09-22 Herbert 8000 München Gulden An einer werkzeugmaschine fuer spanende bearbeitung angeordnete werkstueckspannvorrichtung
JPS6052281A (ja) * 1983-08-31 1985-03-25 株式会社東芝 搬送箱操作方法
JPS6067100U (ja) * 1983-10-17 1985-05-13 テルモ株式会社 多穴容器
US4657867A (en) * 1984-11-01 1987-04-14 Becton, Dickinson And Company Multiwell tissue culture assembly with features for reduced media evaporation
JPS63207377A (ja) * 1987-02-23 1988-08-26 Erumetsukusu:Kk 自動培地分画分注装置
JP2714827B2 (ja) * 1988-10-24 1998-02-16 株式会社イシダ 種菌充填装置
JP2577995Y2 (ja) * 1991-03-28 1998-08-06 株式会社カントー技研 容器の充填装置
JPH068085A (ja) * 1992-04-02 1994-01-18 Kenji Matsuda 吸引式固定装置
US5201696A (en) * 1992-05-05 1993-04-13 Universal Instruments Corp. Apparatus for replacement of vacuum nozzles
JPH0775551A (ja) * 1993-09-10 1995-03-20 Mitsui Toatsu Chem Inc シャーレ蓋自動開閉方法及びそれに用いる装置
DE4412286A1 (de) * 1994-04-09 1995-10-12 Boehringer Mannheim Gmbh System zur kontaminationsfreien Bearbeitung von Reaktionsabläufen
JPH08114596A (ja) * 1994-10-14 1996-05-07 Mitsubishi Materials Corp マイクロプレート
KR0176434B1 (ko) * 1995-10-27 1999-04-15 이대원 진공 척 장치
US6133020A (en) * 1996-05-07 2000-10-17 Pitzurra; Ovidio Apparatus for determining the number of microorganisms in the air and a method of operating said apparatus
US6164633A (en) * 1999-05-18 2000-12-26 International Business Machines Corporation Multiple size wafer vacuum chuck

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN109434703A (zh) * 2018-10-12 2019-03-08 中航华东光电有限公司 柔性可调式吸附平台

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
JP2003512191A (ja) 2003-04-02
WO2001030541A1 (en) 2001-05-03
AU1212101A (en) 2001-05-08
JP4565791B2 (ja) 2010-10-20
EP1226004A1 (en) 2002-07-31
CA2386760A1 (en) 2001-05-03
US6449827B1 (en) 2002-09-17
EP1226004A4 (en) 2009-03-25
AU774002B2 (en) 2004-06-10

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
CA2386760C (en) Apparatus for gripping microplates
US8221697B2 (en) Apparatus for lidding or delidding microplate
EP1192995B1 (en) Cover for multi-well plate and assembly adapted for mechanical manipulation
KR101995767B1 (ko) 샘플 관리를 위한 시스템들 및 디바이스들
JP2004530862A (ja) マイクロプレートカバーアセンブリ
US6596162B2 (en) Vessel and rod
US9079757B2 (en) Cap handling tool and method of use
US20050180892A1 (en) Liquid dispensing apparatus and method
US6669911B1 (en) Frame for multiwell tray
GB2385547A (en) Pipette tip array reloading
US6918738B2 (en) Stackable sample holding plate with robot removable lid
EP3881082B1 (en) Module for an automated biology laboratory system with an interface to transfer microplates or lab-ware
US5224690A (en) Work holder for honeycomb structure
US8444938B2 (en) Method and apparatus for automated storage and retrieval of miniature shelf keeping units
US20020135190A1 (en) Device and method for picking up and placing objects
EP0124212B1 (en) Petri dish
AU2799199A (en) Sealing apparatus for use with microplates
US20150087078A1 (en) Well seals in pipette workstations
US6543203B2 (en) Microplate lidder/delidder
US20080072536A1 (en) Applying covers to openings of a plurality of containers
US20030015132A1 (en) Stackable vapor-equilibration tray for cell culture and protein crystal growth
WO2022188126A1 (en) Apparatus, system and method for handling petri dishes
EP0960687A3 (de) Automationszelle zur Handhabung von Teilen
JPH0529077Y2 (https=)
US5100190A (en) Wafer carrier holder for wafer carriers

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
EEER Examination request
MKLA Lapsed