In addition to the technical features engineered into the MultiDose platform, there are a number of practical advantages that it can bring to your lab operations. The system has been designed with practicality in mind, resulting in an intuitive operating system offering functionality for real-world lab workflows.
Reduced development costs
The dispensing algorithm and innovative error handling technology limits the rate of out-of-tolerance dispenses, enabling experiments to be scaled down and reducing the associated costs. The Mettler Toledo XPR balance can dispense 1mg of a compound whilst still maintaining high levels of accuracy.
Increased safety for lab operatives
MultiDose has been designed to be installed easily within fume cupboards and gloveboxes. This allows it to be used to dispense API’s and catalysts making it ideal for dispensing environmentally sensitive compounds and limiting lab technicians exposure to them.
Reduced risk of cross-contamination
MultiDose is compatible with all Mettler Toledo dosing heads, which incorporate a unique spring-loaded sealing mechanism.
The compound is dispensed directly from the dosing head and sealed within it when not actively being dispensed. This avoids any risk of exposure to compounds for operators, but it also allows simple transfer to other compatible systems.
Precision and reproducibility
The dispense algorithm is designed to optimize accuracy and dispense time throughout the duration of use of each compound. This means that the algorithm automatically accounts for changes in feeding characteristics of the individual head. This data is stored on the dosing head and carried across to other systems, without the need to retune.
Increase throughput and accuracy
Typical compound screening experiments can require several plates containing 96 individually dispensed vials meaning a lab technician can spend several hours weighing out a plate for a single experiment.
MultiDose can perform a single dispense in around 90 seconds reducing the time required to weigh out a single plate by approximately 50% whilst also eliminating the potential for human error, fatigue and associated repetitive strain injuries.