Monitored Air Displacement (MAD):

Monitoring air displacement allows for real time detection of pipetting errors during pipetting steps. This includes detecting:

• if an insufficient amount of liquid has been aspirated for a single, multiple or partial dispense.
• aspiration of air, because the level of the liquid in a reservoir/tube was too low
• blocked tips due to clotting

Errors can then be corrected by user-defined, software-guided error handling.  The STAR’s Monitored Air Displacement eliminates uncertainty in automated assays by providing reliable, consistent, walk away automation.