EP 3610271 A4 20210414 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PICKING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE

Title (en)

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PICKING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE

Title (de)

VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR AUFNAHME EINER BIOLOGISCHEN PROBE

Title (fr)

APPAREIL ET PROCÉDÉ POUR PRÉLEVER UN ÉCHANTILLON BIOLOGIQUE

Publication

EP 3610271 A4 20210414 (EN)

Application

EP 17905148 A 20171019

Priority

US 201762484395 P 20170412
US 2017057482 W 20171019

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2018190907A1] A picking instrument for picking biological samples, such as microbial samples, includes a picking pin having a distal tip and three degrees-of-freedom and configured to move in x, y, and z directions. The picking instrument also includes a loading platform comprising a first area and a second area, the first area configured to accommodate and secure a microfabricated chip including a plurality of microwells. The picking pin is programmatically controlled to pick a sample contained in one or more selected microwells of the microfabricated chip and then transfer the sample to a predetermined location at the destination sample holder. Methods of operating the picking instrument, including calibrating the coordinates of the selected microwell(s) relative to a location of the picking pin, are also provided.

IPC 8 full level

G01N 35/04 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/10 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G01N 35/00693 (2013.01); G01N 35/1011 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0418 (2013.01); G01N 2035/1034 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

[X] US 2016312275 A1 20161027 - BLAINEY PAUL C [US], et al
[I] WO 2015172025 A1 20151112 - CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION [US], et al
[A] US 6269846 B1 20010807 - OVERBECK JAMES W [US], et al
[A] JP 2003149094 A 20030521 - SUGINO MACH
See references of WO 2018190907A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2018190907 A1 20181018; AU 2017408813 A1 20191003; CA 3057965 A1 20181018; CN 110520738 A 20191129; DE 202017007583 U1 20230322; EP 3610271 A1 20200219; EP 3610271 A4 20210414; IL 269847 A 20191128; JP 2020516290 A 20200611; JP 3241147 U 20230307; JP 7283846 B2 20230530; SG 11201909323Y A 20191128

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 2017057482 W 20171019; AU 2017408813 A 20171019; CA 3057965 A 20171019; CN 201780089587 A 20171019; DE 202017007583 U 20171019; EP 17905148 A 20171019; IL 26984719 A 20191006; JP 2019555843 A 20171019; JP 2023000030 U 20230106; SG 11201909323Y A 20171019