Deerac Fluidics launches new high throughput liquid handling system

Deerac is launching their new and improved Equator HTS/2 system at Lab Automation 2007 in Palm Springs. This new system is the next generation of the highly successful Equator™ series of liquid handling systems for rapid assembly of low volume assays. The Equator HTS/2 doubles the throughput of the standard Equator HTS system.

Designed for use in automated systems, the Equator HTS/2 has two (2) automated plate positions. Both plate positions in the HTS/2 are accessible to robotic arms, enabling unattended operation. The two plate positions can be used as source and destination plate positions, or as dual destination plates using a separate on-deck reagent reservoir. In field testing, the HTS/2 has been used to set up 1,000 384-well plates/day.

Deerac’s products are based on the patented spot-on™ technology, the Equator™ and Latitude™ liquid handling systems provide high speed, low microliter and sub-microliter liquid handling for genomics, proteomics, and high-throughput screening applications. In addition, because of the simple valve design, it can be used with cells and beads with lifetime in excess of hundreds of thousands of dispenses.