More Than a Reagent Dispenser
While traditional hand-held pipettes, or larger automated liquid handlers greatly deteriorate in accuracy and precision below 2 µL volumes, the MANTIS® automated liquid handler prevails in Efficiency, Reproducibility and Versatility.
Assay Development and Design of Experiment (DoE)
Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) - Library Preparation
Polymerase Chain-reaction (PCR) Workflows - Real-time and Digital
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays (ELISA)
Cell Culture and Bead-Based Assays
Benefits:
- Efficient: Miniaturize
reactions, scale-up through-put, save on reagents and remove pipette tip cost. - Reproducible: Dispense volumes down to 100nL at CV < 3%
- Versatile: Easily dispense and normalize reagents and cell culture assays
Overview of the MANTIS®
The MANTIS automated liquid handler is the easy and affordable solution to quickly increase the reproducibility and quality of your research as well as throughput and efficiency of your laboratory. The diaphragm-based chip design is liquid class compatible, easily dispensing aqueous and organic solutions. Additionally, the MANTIS will dispense in any SBS template from 6 to 1536 well plates, and can be easily programmed to dispense to custom designs as needed.
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Enhance Laboratory Efficiency
Efficient research means that reagent dead volumes, tip consumption, and reaction volumes are minimized.
The MANTIS liquid handler dispenses volumes from 100 nL to 100s of mL allowing researchers to commonly run 2-5 µL reaction volumes in genomics and screening workflows.
To minimize dead volume, reagents plug directly into the microfluidic chip. Dead volumes are further reduced to just 6 μL by using pipette tips as reagent reservoirs, making the Mantis ideal for dispensing even the most precious reagents.
Normalize Your Assay Plate, Quickly and Easily
- The software calculates the normalization values.
- The Continuous Flow (CF) chip bulk dispenses at >600 µL/sec, therefore, quickly normalizing each sample tube, well, and plate.
Use of Microfluidic Technology in MANTIS
At the core of our liquid handling technology is a patented microfluidic valve cluster that can meter and dispense discrete volumes of liquid using positive displacement. This valve cluster can fill and dispense as fast as 10 times per second (exact speed depends on specific product). This proven technology is both incredibly precise and viscosity independent.
Highly Reproducible Data
Since liquid handling imprecision impacts experimental reproducibility, researchers consider CVs to be a vital factor when considering the automation of their research.
At the core of the MANTIS' microfluidic dispensing chip is a valve cluster that measures and dispenses discrete volumes of liquid. This valve cluster has two micro-diaphragms (select either 100 nL and 500 nL or 1 μL and 5 μL) that can fill and dispense as rapidly as 10 times per second.
* = The coefficient of variation (CV) is the average of three independent microfluidic Chip readings.
Versatility for Any and All Labs
The MANTIS dispenses any reagent efficiently and reproducibly regardless of volume, viscosity, temperature, concentration, and research experience. It is no wonder that every year, more and more researchers discover and obtain the MANTIS for dispensing reagents as a part of their diverse set of scientific workflows.
Miniaturize your cDNA synthesis and library preparation reactions, even with limited starting material.
Gentle and even distribution of suspension, adherent and 3D cell cultures
Enhance the cost-effectiveness
of any qPCR plate preparation workflow.
Simplify the evolution from assay design to drug discovery.
Maximize biomarker assay performance and minimize cost by reducing dead volume and reaction volumes without sacrificing the quality of experimental results.
MANTIS® ROI Calculator
Determine a Return on Investment for the MANTIS system vs pipetting with disposable tips. Every lab is uniquely operated and, therefore, return on investment calculators are only as good as the information entered.