Inventors:
ROBERTO BARREIRO - KAPOLEI HI, US
JASON M. COPE - ANKENY IA, US
DANIEL M. GOLDMAN - DES MOINES IA, US
JAMES L. HUNTER - LITTLETON CO, US
ALESSANDRO PELLEGRINESCHI - WILMINGTON DE, US
International Classification:
G06Q 10/00
C12Q 1/02
C12Q 1/68
G01N 1/04
US Classification:
705 736, 435 29, 435 6, 7386321
Abstract:
A high throughput apparatus and method for gaining access to and extracting internal tissue or structure of interest from a seed or plurality of seed is disclosed. In one aspect, an apparatus utilizes means to expose the internal tissue or structure and means to separate at least some of the exposed internal tissue or structure for collection and evaluation. In one aspect, a method utilizes some force or action to expose the internal tissue or structure and some force or action to separate the internal tissue or structure.