Labcyte Acoustic Platform Essential to Identification of Novel Cancer Drug Candidates AstraZeneca Issued US Patent 7,718,653
Sunnyvale, CA — December 14, 2010 —When the revolutionary Echo® acoustic liquid handler is used in the process of discovering potential therapeutics, important drug candidates are identified that are missed using traditional liquid handlers. In a recently issued patent, the global pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca describes the discovery of a novel set of potential cancer therapeutics that was found only when the Echo system was used. Other major pharmaceutical companies have also reported that the Echo liquid handler was a critical platform in discovering drug candidates.
Labcyte Awarded 1st Patent in China
Sunnyvale, CA — September 28, 2010 — Labcyte, whose Echo® liquid handling platforms move liquids with sound, today announced the grant of its first patent in China. Patent CN 101035681B describes how acoustic energy is used to assess the characteristics of any fluid in real time to optimize its transfer. The Labcyte acoustic droplet ejection technology offers touchless transfer of a wide variety of liquids, with major benefits in life science applications including drug discovery, genomics, proteomics and diagnostics.
(26 Jan 2010)
Sunnyvale, CA — January 26, 2010 — Today Labcyte introduced two pre-calibrated liquid class packages for use with its award-winning Echo® acoustic dispensers and POD™ 810 plate assemblers, which move liquids with sound. This expanded capability will allow its high throughput screening customers to not only transfer compounds in DMSO, but enables the transfer of a wide range of liquids necessary to assemble miniaturized assays for biochemical and cell-based screening.
(24 Aug 2010)
Sunnyvale, CA - August 24, 2010 - Labcyte, whose Echo® liquid handling platforms move liquids with sound , today announced the grant of its 40th US patent. Patent number 7,717,544 describes how in real time acoustic energy is optimized to transfer a droplet of any fluid, even those that are unknown.