An open hardware solution to delivering picoliter volume to biological samples

By CJ Forman, H Tomes, B Mbobo, T Baden and JV Raimondo

Designed for ease of use, robustness and low-cost, the “Openspritzer” is an open hardware “Picospritzer” as routinely used in biological labs around the world. The performance of Openspritzer and commercial alternatives is effectively indistiguishable.

The system is based on a solenoid valve connected to a pressure gauge. Control can be attained directly via an external TTL pulse or internally through an Arduino set by a rotary encoder. The basic setup can be put together for 3-400€, or substantially less if you are prepare to shop around.

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Project materials

• Complete manuscript on bioRxiv
• Supplementary Materials
• 3-D files and Arduino control code

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