Capable of generating more than a billion reactions in a single day, the RainDrop Digital PCR System surpasses all existing technologies and establishes a new performance standard in sensitivity, quantitation and multiplexing. Based on RainDance’s proven digital droplet platform, the RainDrop System fundamentally changes the performance of molecular assays by enabling digital answers across a number of important applications including low-frequency tumor allele detection, gene expression, copy number variation, and SNP measurement.
A new gold standard in sensitivity is only possible through the careful consideration of every aspect of the system. The RainDrop System offers a number of innovative digital droplet-based design advantages.
Key Features:
- Automated delivery of filtered oil from sealed on-board reservoirs eliminates any contamination risks from the environment or pipetting
- Real-time closed-loop control of droplet creation ensures uniformity both within and across runs
- Automated filling of PCR tubes with emulsion avoids possible losses with manual pipetting techniques
- All wetted surfaces are single use, eliminating the potential for any carryover of droplets from one sample to the next that can occur with reusable fluid path approaches
- Sealed amplicon containment completely eliminates catastrophic contamination issues from spills and other problems with pierced foil designs
- Logical channel-to-channel workflow, integrated bar-coding and sample tracking through the RainDrop software eliminate the risk of experiment disasters caused by simple reformatting mistakes in sample handling.
