Method and apparatus for storing and dispensing reagent beads
CA 2610013 C · Owner: Dority, Douglas B. · Inventors: Montgomery, Steven M.; Dority, Douglas B.; Chang, Ronald
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Embodiments of the invention provide an efficient and effective technique for storing and dispensing reagent beads. In one embodiment an apparatus is , provided for dispensing reagent beads contained in a bead storage device which includes a bead carrier having a plurality of wells; a plurality of reagent beads disposed in the wells; and a cover tape releasably attached to the bead carrier to cover the wells and retain the reagent beads in the wells. The apparatus comprises a channel in which to place the bead storage device with the bead carrier facing a support wall of the channel and the cover tape facing a stripping wall of the channel. The stripping wall includes a stripping …
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- Filed May 31, 2006 and granted January 21, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 31, 2026.
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