Method for producing a microarray
CA 2432940 A1 · Owner: Shoji, Tomoaki · Inventors: Shoji, Tomoaki
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Microarray is produced by the method comprising the steps of forming a droplet of a liquid sample containing a biological substance at a pouring port of a micropipette by ejecting a predetermined amount of the liquid sample from the micropipette, supporting the micropipette at a position where the droplet formed at the pouring port can contact with a substrate, and transferring the droplet formed at the pouring port to the substrate, thereby spotting the sample on the substrate. The microarray has a plurality of visually identifiable spots of samples on the substrate.
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- Filed July 8, 2003. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 8, 2023.
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