Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for dispensing portions of viscous material, such as the viscous materials used to form crystals of membrane proteins or soluble proteins. A liquid under pressure is used to divide the viscous materials into portions. The divided viscous material portions can optionally be deposited into are receptacle.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 8, 2005
Date of Patent:
November 3, 2009
Assignee:
Emerald Biosystems, Inc.
Inventors:
Peter Nollert, Alexandrina Muntianu, Robert C. Haushalter, Dean Allyn Hopkins, Jr.