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Ziath Announces DropPaq - PDAs come to the lab
7 Oct 2007Product news
Ziath is pleased to announce DropPaq; running on a Pocket PC (or regular PC/Mac) connected to your bulk reagent dispenser (Multidrop or Wellmate) via a serial link, DropPaq allows you to define the dispense volume for each column independently.
You can create serial dilutions, or put different solutions discretely into specified columns. Protocols can be user-defined, edited, stored in non-volatile memory and even transferred between units. Designed and tested by real-life users, DropPaq dramatically increases the flexibility and usefulness of one of your existing laboratory tools.
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