non-contact dispensing solutions at Innovadyne Technologies
Non-contact dispensing utilizing microsolenoid valves is rapidly becoming the method of choice for robotic liquid handling in the laboratory. Innovadyne Technologies offers the next generation of liquid handling robots for laboratory automation -- non-contact, high precision, highly robust, large dynamic range (nanoliter to microliter) aspirate and dispense instruments.
Innovadyne's microsolenoid-based non-contact liquid handling solution eliminates the need for a touch-off, relying instead on the combined use of rapidly actuated solenoid dispense valves, a controlled pressurized liquid source, and flow path control via hybrid valves. The speed and energy of the fluid displacement enables the surface tension of the liquid to break as it leaves the orifice, eliminating the need for a touch-off. As a result, the variability associated with flow-through dispensing technologies is eliminated, enabling researchers to increase throughput while lowering the use of rare or hard-to-produce samples and reagents.
Additionally, Innovadyne’s patented flow-path design isolates all moving parts -- such as syringes and solenoid valves -- from the fluid path, resulting in unsurpassed reliability, reproducibility of results, and elimination of cross-contamination between experiments. Beads, cells, membranes, and difficult-to-dispense reagents such as DMSO are all readily dispensed without causing system downtime.
