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Using the iPrep
™
Purification Instrument,
Continued
Assembling the
iPrep
™
Tip and
Tube Rack
Instructions are provided below to assemble the tips and tubes on the iPrep
™
Tip and Tube Rack.
1.
Remove the iPrep
™
Sample Tubes from the iPrep
™
Kit box.
2.
Place the iPrep
™
Sample and Elution Tubes without caps in row marked as
E
for eluting the DNA. Place the tube cap on the rack as shown below.
3.
Remove the iPrep
™
Tips from the iPrep
™
Kit box. Place the iPrep
™
Tips with
Tip Holders in row marked as
T2
, leaving row marked as
T1
empty. Do not
remove the tips from the holders.
4.
Place another set of iPrep
™
Sample and Elution Tubes
without the lid
in
row marked as
S
. Add the sample to each tube (see the iPrep
™
Kit manual
for sample preparation details and sample volume recommendations).
The final assembly of iPrep
™
Tip and Tube Rack is shown below:
5.
If you wish to read the barcode on your sample and elution tubes or record
the sample and elution tube number, see next page for details. If you do not
wish to read the barcode, proceed to the next step below.
6.
Place the iPrep
™
Tip and Tube Rack containing the tips and tubes on the
instrument platform as shown below. Orient the rack such that the flat end
of the rack is in the back of the platform and row E is facing the front.
Once you have assembled the iPrep
™
Cartridge Rack and iPrep
™
Tip Rack, you
are ready to start the purification protocol as described on page 31.
Continued on next page
Row S
Row T2
Row E
Area to place caps