The manual microarrayer is a simple inexpensive benchtop device suitable for creating microarrays in every laboratory.  It has provision for holding 2 microscope slides simultaneously and up to 768 spots can be deposited on each slide.  It requires no external power source since it is a mechnical manually operated system.

 

The microarrayer consists of two parts: an indexer to control the position of the spots and a printer head which contains pins which deposit the solution onto the microscope slide.  There are two printer heads available.  One has 8 pins, spaced to fit a 96 well source plate.  The other has 32 pins designed for use with a 384 well source plate.  Each pin will deposit 6 nl of fluid in each spot.

 

The indexer has a unique design that precisely controls the position of the printing heads and can move in two directions. 

 

Along with the microarrayer, we also offer a wash station which makes it easy to wash the pins in the printer head without damaging the pins by hitting the bottom of the wash vessel.