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Anachem and Innovadyne – A New Nano-Dispensing Alliance

21 Oct 2007

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Anachem is excited to announce a new collaboration with Innovadyne that brings together the Anachem Flexus automated liquid handler and Innovadyne’s Nano-dispenser. This alliance will provide the ultimate in Nano Liquid Handling technology with seamless integration and astounding pipetting performance. Users can now benefit from Innovadyne’s patented non-contact dispensing expertise and Anachem’s thirty five years of liquid handling experience that together provide the for-front of Nano Liquid Handling technology.

This collaboration enables the Flexus automated liquid handling platform to feature a fully integrated nano-dispenser as provided by Innovadyne. The entire system allows the Flexus to perform liquid handling at traditional volumes of 1µl and above, whilst the Innovadyne nano-dispenser controls all of the sub-microlitre volumes. Together these units can facilitate numerous applications including High Through-put Screening, Assay Development, PCR Set, Sequencing Reactions and Nano Spotting.

Innovadyne Technologies, Inc. provides superior liquid-handling instruments to lab automation companies worldwide within the HTS, genomics and proteomics markets. Its large dynamic range of nanolitre and microlitre products offers high precision, non-contact aspiration and dispensing solutions to end users. By featuring a valve-free fluid path Innovadyne's instruments create a robust and low-maintenance means of achieving assay volume reduction without compromising precision or accuracy. Researchers are then able to increase throughput while greatly reducing reagent costs.

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