Patent · US Expired

Inoculator

US4235971A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 9, 1978
Grant dateNov 25, 1980
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Expiry dateJun 9, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC12M33/06
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An inoculator wherein a multiplicity of small volumes of an inoculum are picked up on pins depending from an inoculator head and deposited in separate areas according to a pattern, such as in the wells of a microtitration tray. The instrument includes a control circuit for automatic cycling, and a sterilization furnace is provided that may be included in the operational cycle.

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