Agilent has partnered with V and P Scientific to provide Pintool heads for its portfolio of Agilent Automation Solutions liquid handlers.
Pintool heads enable users to convert either a 96- or 384-well pipetting system or plate handler into a Pintool workstation that will deliver from 3nl to 5ul using 96, 384 or 1,536 pin tools.
Pintool heads use the surface tension of pins instead of aspirating through tips to deliver precise nanolitre amounts for multiplexing assays.
When fitted to either the Bravo automated liquid handling platform or Agilent vertical pipetting station, the Pintool heads allow for precise transfer of 3-5,000nL of liquid to be delivered to any position on the instrument deck.
Powered by Agilent VWorks Automation Control software the Pintool-head workstations offer dynamic scheduling of protocol tasks, incubation steps and reagent order-of-addition enabling maximum throughput and walk-away time.
Typical applications that will benefit from the Pintool head accessory include transferring small volumes of liquid to and from microplates, high-density array creation, inoculation of trays/membranes and colony-to-colony transfers on agar and other surfaces.
The Agilent Bravo automated liquid handling platform is a fast and versatile liquid handling platform.
Its customisable, modular design is said to provide the flexibility and scalability required to meet the needs of the most diverse laboratory environments.
The Agilent vertical pipetting station from Agilent Automation Solutions delivers speed and performance for demanding sample handling and liquid-transfer applications.
