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Description of Parts
Introduction
The various parts of the iPrep
™
Purification Instrument and iPrep
™
plastic
disposables are described below.
iPrep
™
Purification
Instrument
The iPrep
™
Purification Instrument is a benchtop, automated nucleic acid
purification instrument with integrated Magnetic and Syringe unit capable of
purifying nucleic acids from up to 12 samples and 1 positive control. Each
iPrep
™
Instrument consists of the Magnetic and Syringe Unit, and a platform.
A pre-programmed iPrep
™
Protocol Card controls the purification parameters
such as buffer volumes, mixing steps, and incubation time. The iPrep
™
Instrument is designed to run for 8-10 hours continuously without any cooling
period required between runs.
See page xiii for a front and rear view of the device.
The front view of an open iPrep
™
Purification Instrument identifying various
parts is shown below.
Syringe Unit
The Syringe Unit contains 13 nozzles that simultaneously move in the Z-axis
direction to aspirate and dispense the reagents that allow nucleic acid
purification.
Magnetic Unit
The Magnetic Unit contains 13 magnets (neodymium iron boron type) that
align with the iPrep
™
Tips to simultaneously separate the magnetic beads from
up to 13 samples during nucleic acid purification.
Piercing Unit
The Piercing Unit contains 13 piercing rods that move in Z-axis to pierce the
foil on the cartridges before the purification protocol begins.
Heating Unit
The Heating Unit allows rapid heating of samples to up to 95ºC. Based on the
purification protocol, place a sample tube in the first well of the Heating Unit if
heating is required.
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Heating
Unit
Magnetic
Unit
Platform
