Automated Hit-Picking System

RapidHit™ Simultaneous Automated Hit-Picking Cell Washer / Microplate Washer System

Black Dog is a supplier of lab automation solutions such as the RapidHit™ high throughput cell washer / microplate washer manufactured by Hudson Control. This compact cell washer / microplate washer  is a self-contained system that allows users to obtain assay plates comprised of the actual hits detected in a primary screen using the same compound source plates that provided the primary screen. The RapidHit™ cell washer / microplate washer uses the output files produced by the microplate reader as they become available, and automatically selects and transfers “hits” based on user-entered criteria. As each primary screen assay plate is finished, the RapidHit™ cell washer / microplate washer immediately moves the hits to a secondary assay “hit plate", and completely eliminates the possibility of receiving the wrong compounds in secondary screening plates.

The RapidHit™ cell washer / microplate washer consists of a set of automated plate stackers and a compact robotic pipettor, all controlled by our SoftLinx™ software running on a system computer that links via Ethernet to the user's database.  After the assay plates for the primary screen have been prepared, the user loads the source compound plates, containing the excess compound volumes that were prepared in the user's compound library, into the RapidHit’s stacker.

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