Publication number: 20070207450
Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for manipulating chemical, biological, and/or biochemical samples, optionally supported on substrates and/or within chambers, for example biological samples contained on chips, within biological chambers, etc. In certain embodiments, an apparatus configured to be able to position a chamber or other substrate in one or more modules surrounding the apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus may be configured to be able to move the chamber or substrate in any set of directions, such as radially, vertically, and/or rotationally, with respect to the apparatus. The apparatus may be manually operated and/or automatically controlled. Examples of modules include, but are not limited to, stacking or holding modules, barcode readers, filling modules, sampling modules, incubation modules, sensor modules (e.g., for determining cell density, cell viability, pH, oxygen concentration, nutrient concentration, fluorescence measurements, etc.), assay modules (e.g.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 20, 2006
Publication date:
September 6, 2007
Applicant:
BioProcessors Corp.
Inventors:
Seth Rodgers, Ian MacGregor, Todd Basque, Scott Miller, Zhimin Lu, Andrey Zarur, Mohamed Shaheen
Publication number: 20050037485
Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for manipulating chemical, biological, and/or biochemical samples, optionally supported on substrates and/or within chambers, for example biological samples contained on chips, within biological chambers, etc. In certain embodiments, an apparatus configured to be able to position a chamber or other substrate in one or more modules surrounding the apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus may be configured to be able to move the chamber or substrate in any set of directions, such as radially, vertically, and/or rotationally, with respect to the apparatus. The apparatus may be manually operated and/or automatically controlled. Examples of modules include, but are not limited to, stacking or holding modules, barcode readers, filling modules, sampling modules, incubation modules, sensor modules (e.g., for determining cell density, cell viability, pH, oxygen concentration, nutrient concentration, fluorescence measurements, etc.), assay modules (e.g.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 7, 2004
Publication date:
February 17, 2005
Inventors:
Seth Rodgers, Ian MacGregor, Todd Basque, Scott Miller, Zhimin Lu, Andrey Zarur, Mohamed Shaheen