Method for performing crystallization trials
US7431769B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 16, 2004 |
| Grant date | Oct 7, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 16, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T117/1024
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method is provided that comprises generating a screen storage plate that contains screen solutions at a screen generation station; employing a transport mechanism to transport the screen storage plate from the screen generation station to a screen storage station; storing the screen storage plate in the screen storage station among a plurality of screen storage plates; having the screen storage station retrieve screen storage plate from among the plurality of screen storage plates stored within the screen storage station; and having a crystallization trial generation station generate crystallization trials in a crystallization plate incorporating the screen in the retrieved screen storage plate; wherein the method is performed in a single automated system.
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