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3D-printed assistive pipetting system for gel electrophoresis for technicians with low acuity vision.


ABSTRACT: In molecular biology laboratories, many tasks require fine motor control and high acuity vision. For example, lab technicians with visual impairment experience difficulty loading samples into the small wells of a horizontal agarose gel. We have developed a 3D-printable gel loading system which allows technicians with low-contrast vision to load gels correctly. It includes a casting tray, a bridge, and a modified comb. The system provides a high-contrast visual field to improve visibility, and the bridge allows pipette tips to be inserted at the correct location and only to the correct depth. The necessary computer files for printing this device are freely available to increase the accessibility of molecular biology laboratories to people with visual impairment.

SUBMITTER: Huynh AV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7852844 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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3D-printed assistive pipetting system for gel electrophoresis for technicians with low acuity vision.

Huynh Alex Viqian AV   Stein Phillip P   Buhr Ethan D ED  

BioTechniques 20201214 1


In molecular biology laboratories, many tasks require fine motor control and high acuity vision. For example, lab technicians with visual impairment experience difficulty loading samples into the small wells of a horizontal agarose gel. We have developed a 3D-printable gel loading system which allows technicians with low-contrast vision to load gels correctly. It includes a casting tray, a bridge, and a modified comb. The system provides a high-contrast visual field to improve visibility, and th  ...[more]

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