I. Microplate Orientation Tools

• Microplate Index Card

Microplate Index Card (HS2010)
Alpha-numeric ID card (side A)   /   Numeric ID card (side B)

Improve the accuracy and efficiency of microplate processing with the Microplate Index Card. A bold-print laminated card perfectly aligns under a 96-well plate, clearly identifying each well using either numeric or alpha-numeric character sets.

• EZ View Microplate Stand

EZ View Microplate Stand (HS2020)

Manual pipetting biological and hazardous samples into a microplate is safely carried out inside a hood. While laying flat on the surface of a hood, the microplate needs to be examined carefully by frequent viewing of emptied and filled wells during liquid transfers. It is often difficult to check well menisci levels without the user needing to extend their head inside the hood in order to view the microplate from directly above. The EZ View Microplate Stand is designed to allow the microplate to be tilted and viewed at a comfortable angle preset by the user. The angular presentation of the plate reduces errors of liquid additions and improves accuracy.

• Enhanced View Microplate Stand

Enhanced View Microplate Stand (HS2030)

A magnifying mirror (×2), positioned beneath a top plate (for holding samples plate), can be tilted at an angle so as to allow for easier viewing of each well (through the magnified reflected image). Especially useful in the performance of immunoassays where color changes in any well need to be quickly identified.

• Microplate Column or Row Indexer

Microplate Column Indexer (HS2040)

Microplate SPE Column Indexer (HS2041)

The Microplate Column Indexer is designed to allow liquid additions to a 96-well plate or an SPE plate (on top of a collection plate) by column (Column#1 – Column#12) through the base handler. The unit is manufactured of teflon-coated aluminum to allow smooth stepwise movement of the base handler. Easily return to whichever column you were working in - after any pause or interruption. Never lose your place again.

The index guiding bar can be situated to allow smooth movement by row (Row#A – Row#H). Piceture is not shown. Microplate Row Indexer (HS2050) is also available upon customer’s request.

• Microplate Column and Row Indexer

Microplate Column and Row Indexer (HS2060)

Microplate Column and Row Indexer is a compact, bench-top guiding aid for 96 well plates It provides better orientation of a specific well during quickly locating it. To locate a specific well of a 96 well plate, manually move the column guiding bar first to a selected column number followed by viewing a row number label on the guiding bar. The unit reduces errors associated with manual pipetting into 96 well plates, and increases the confidence of the operator in delivering the correct reagent or sample to the intended well.

Want to increase sample preparation throughput and maximize laboratory productivity - but have no capital budget for either the purchase or maintenance of a robotic liquid handler?

II. Microplate Dispensing Tools

Fast, Accurate Transfer Sample and Reagent to 96 Well Plates

• Multi-Channel Stainless Steel Manifolds

8-Channel Stainless Steel Manifold (HS1102)

12-Channel Stainless Steel Manifold (HS1103)

96-Channel Manifold (HS1104)

These multi-position (8 Channel,12 Channel, and 96 Channel) manifolds are ideal accessories for rapid population of 96 well plates for ELISA, HLA, Tissue Typing, and other applications. Used in conjunction with bottle top dispensing pumps, these manifolds enable aspiration from a reservoir and precise dispensing of volumes as low as 25 microliter per well. Manifolds feature stainless steel needle and include a cleaning wire to remove residue buildup within the channels. The above manifolds have regular microplate spacing (9.1mm between each channel).

Customized Manifolds (number of channels and spacing between each channel) are also available upon customer’s request.

• Bottle Top (BT) Dispensing Pumps

• Liquid Delivery Lines

Liquid Delivery Lines (HS1105/HS1106)

Unique Horizon Specialty products for connecting 8, 12 and 96 channel manifolds. 5mL and 10 mL BT dispensing pumps are normally connecting 1/8” Teflon tubing to 8 and 12 channel manifolds via union and connector. A 25 mL, 50mL, and 100mL BT dispensing pumps are generally used for connecting Teflon ¼” tubing to a 96 channel manifold via a Quick Disconect connector.

• Complete Multi-Channel Dispensing Systems

A complete multi channel dispensing system is composed of three components:

• 1. Manifold
• 2. Liquid Delivery Line
• 3. BP Dispensing Pump

These complete systems deliver liquid into 8- 12-, or 96-wells simultaneously and evenly. Repeats of incorrectly filled plates and pipetting errors are significantly reduced. Liquid (aqueous and organic based) can be delivered evenly into each well at accuracy/precision of being between 3 - 5%.

8 and 12 Channel Dispensing System (HS 10/HS20)

96-Channel Dispensing System (HS30)

The 96-Channel dispensing system is a specially designed tool that provides fast, repetitive dispensing of microliter to milliliter volumes into 96-well containers at one time. The dispensing system consists of a 96-channel manifold, a large volume ( 25 ml or larger) bottletop dispensing pump, and a liquid delivery line. It is compact and easy to use. It is the perfect solution for laboratories that conduct manual repetitive liquid dispensing into microtiter spaced containers. The combination of a BT dispensing pump and a 96-channel manifold can also be used for any dispensing task with microtiter plates used in molecular biology, immunology, genomics and the clinical, as well as pre-clinical, drug metabolism fields.

III. Cap Closing and Opening Tools

• Screw-Cap Containers

Screw Cap Containers For screw-cap containers (Cryotubes; Microcentrifuge Tubes; Sample and Reagent Tubes), simple but ergonomic tools (HS3000 series) are available to meet your cap opening and closing needs. These units consist of a battery operated and hand-held driver equipped with appropriate attachments, and a container holder. Make decappng and recapping screw caps one hand task. Saves wear and tear on your fingers and thumbs!

Personal Cappers and Decappers (HS3000 Series and assorted attachments)

A simple and inexpensive way of opening and closing screw-capped tubes with internal/external threads and different heights. The unit consists of a tube holder, the hand-held decapper/recapper (with appropriate attachment), and a stripper for removal and disposal of caps into a waste container. For capping, attach the new caps (pre-positioned on rack) to decapper/recapper after switching to a reverse direction.

• Multi Snap-Cap Opener and Closer

Multi Snap-Cap Containers (Sample and Microcentrifuge Tubes, HS3010)

This new tool (upper pictures) helps you avoid the struggle with small, tight caps and allows you to quickly and easily open your eight microcentrifuge tubes at once. Never use your finger tips or nails again. Additional tools (lower pictures) for easy and effective closing of either 8 (HS3020) or 16 (HS3030) tubes concurrently are also available. The tight seal reduces the risk of contamination and condensation.

HS3020

HS3030

Make Decapping and Recapping Large Container Screw Caps a One-Handed Task

• Semi-automated Cappers and Decappers

Semi-Automated Decapper/Recapper (HS3050)

This unit is designed as a tool to increase productivity while relieving the discomfort and fatigue associated with repetitive decapping/recapping operations. It is inexpensive, easy to use and compact enough to fit inside a fume hood - the perfect solution for laboratories that open and close threaded neck vials, cell culture flasks and media bottles(See 2 pictures below). The unit unscrews a cap, holds it while the container is being processed, and then recaps the container, thus eliminating both the risk of contamination and the need for using both hands to accomplish the task. By switching to a different attachment, it can either decap or cap container in a continuous way thus enhance sample throughput while gaining ergonimics.

IV. Dried Blood Spot (DBS) Tools

• Card Drying Rack

Card Drying Rack (HS4010)

Drying Rack can hold standard Whatman/GE or Ahlstrom DBS cards. It is capable of storing 100 DBS cards. Each card can be easily identified and retrieved for further sample processing. This unit is small, compact and portable. It has a sturdy base and is rotatable with a top handle. 100-card rack dimensions - Height: 15" ; Diameter: 6" (without cards).

• Semi-automated Puncher

Semi-Automated Puncher (HS4020)

The Semi-Automated Puncher is an inexpensive, easy to use, and rechargeable tool - the perfect solution to fill in the gap between the expensive automated and the manual punchers commercially available on the market. It does not require either a large initial capital equipment cost or long term maintenance expenses, yet, it still increases DBS productivity while relieving the discomfort and fatigue associated with repetitive manual punching operations.

This personal puncher includes a battery operated driver and interchangeable attachment. It is easy and quick to change the various core diameter attachments (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8mm) via a screw.

• EZ View Microplate Stand/Column and Row Indexer

EZ View Microplate Stand (HS2020), and Microplate Column and Row Indexer (HS2060) - can be utilized for quickly locating and ejecting bored disc into a specific well without any error.

• EZ DBS Tips

• (1) does not need to punch DBS cards.
• (2) generates more data points while cutting down the cost of expensive DBS cards.
• (3) undergoes more organized work flow.
• (4) is ready for solute elution by taking the benefits of Tomtec Quadra 96 workstation.
• (5) reduces the matrix effect by washing away additives of some treated cards.
• (6) may improve the recovery by multi-time elution.

• Robotic DBS Racks

V. Customized Integration Tools

• 8 and 12 Channel Washers

8 Channel and 12 Channel Washers (HS5010/HS5020) - These washers are designed to do manual washing of 96 plates commonly used in ELISA and similar assays. They are inexpensive tools if budget is limited. By connecting to vacuum source and washing solution, you are ready to do plate washing sequences (dispensing and aspiration solutions). Specially designed dual manifold can minimize cross contamination, overfilling, and plugging. The washer body is autoclavable and acid resistant.

Repetitive Pipetting of Scintillation Cocktails Can Be Tedious and Fatiguing. Why Make It More Difficult Than It Needs To Be?

• High Throughput Cocktail Dispensers

High Throughput Cocktail Dispenser (HS6000)

Scintillation cocktail dispensers are designed to allow pipetting either by 4-, 5-, or 96 channels for convenient high throughput dispensing of viscous scintillation cocktails. The cocktail dispensers consist of a chemically resistant bottletop dispenser ( 25 - 100 ml ), a drip stand, and either a 4-, 5-, or 96-channel manifold. Any scintillation vials ( 20, 7, 6 ml ) can be used..

If necessary, sequentially perform all, or half, of the following steps during radioactive sample preparation:

1. Decap vials (6, 20 mL) from original carton (10×10 or 10×20 format)
2. Put opened vials in a rack
3. Aliquot sample and pipet reagents manually or robotically
4. Add scintillation cocktail
5. Recap vials
6. Mix
7. Load prepared vials onto a scintillation counter

Let us help you to design an ergonomic, more organized and error-less high thoughput system - without the need to either change the vial-holding racks or reload the vials.

• High Throughput Microplate Washings

96-Channel Microplate Washers (HS7000)

Unique washing systems that can flush a 96 well plate with water or other solvents. The basic dispensing unit consists of a dispensing 96 stainless steel channel manifold, an electronically controlled pump, and an adjustable (up/down) stand for holding the manifold for microplates of varying heights. Both pump and movable stand are controlled by a remote control unit. It is compact and easy to use. In direct comparison to a commercially marketed 96 channel workstation, this unit costs much less to buy and maintain, and very easy to learn how to use without any robotics station downtime. Equipped with standard 3 solvent selection valves, the 96-Channel Microplate Washer is fully capable of performing solid phase extraction, solid-supported liquid liquid extraction, microplate filtration, and scintillation cocktail additions in the 96-, 48-, or 24-well formats.

By using the same dispensing manifold or replacing it with a dual (dispensing and aspiration) 96-channel manifold, the unit can also be utilized for any high throughput washing tasks commonly associated with microplate assays used in molecular biology, immunology, genomic, clinical and pre-clinical drug metabolism fields.
An optional washing 96 stainless steel channel manifold can be installed next to the dispensing manifold to accomplish absolute zero contamination. Very low volume (less than 5 microliters) of residual solution and adjustable position underneath 96 pins are two additional benefits of this model.