Nicoya OpenSPR-XT - Overview of OpenSPR-XT Instrument Components

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1.2 Overview of OpenSPR-XT™ Instrument Components
The OpenSPR-XT™ instrument consists of an OpenSPR unit and an XT autosampler unit [Figure
1.17]. The OpenSPR unit contains the optical detection system, while the XT autosampler unit
contains the majority of the fluidics system as well as the sample storage area. An overview of
the instrument components are described in this section, and more details on the hardware
operation can be found in Section 4.1.
Figure 1.17 OpenSPR-XT™ instrument consists of OpenSPR unit and XT autosampler unit.
The OpenSPR unit consists of an optical detection system, a sensor chip, and a fluidics system
that interfaces with the XT autosampler [Figure 1.18].