It’s important to clean the chips after each use to prevent cross-contamination and the
formation of dried reagent buildup. Before you begin, remove any reagent tubes from the
reagent bottles and direct them to a waste container.
If you are running 3-step Wash, wash solutions should go in Wash Station 2, on the right
side of the MANTIS with the two chip stations. Otherwise, it can go on Wash Station 1. See
also Wash Step(s) on page 39.
Prerequisites
● You have executed a plate dispense.
● You have set up the wash solution.
● You have put the input tubes into a waste container.
To clean all diaphragm chips:
● To wash all inputs at once, click the Wash All button .
To clean an individual diaphragm chip:
1. To wash individual inputs, right-click a reagent on the Device Control panel and
select Attach Input to Hand, then click the Wash Input button .
2. Repeat the wash process on each input until you can no longer see reagent
leaving the chip in the reagent tube.
3. Repeat the wash process on each input until you can no longer see reagent
leaving the chip in the attached tube.
4. You may want to run the Reagent Recovery process a second time to ensure the
inside of the chip is dry.
To clean a Continuous Flow chip:
1. Remove the Continuous Flow cap from your reagent bottle and screw it onto a
different reagent bottle containing your wash solution.
2. Attach the chip to the MANTIS hand.
3. Click the Prime Input button .
Note
: If you are using a pipette tip, you will need to remove the black
adapter from the chip’s input.
Cleaning the Chips
MANTIS User's Guide | Chapter 9: Dispensing With the MANTIS
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