Biochip storage wells
AssigneeRandox Laboratories Limited
InventorsStuart Jackson, Ivan McConnell, John Lamont, Peter Fitzgerald, Marc Wharry
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a cap for a biochip storage well. The cap comprises a resilient sealant layer capable, under the application of pressure, of forming a vapour-proof seal with a line contact interface formation extending around the perimeter of a biochip storage well. An assay assembly comprising the cap of the invention and a biochip storage is disclosed. Methods of sealing a biochip storage well using a cap of the invention are also disclosed.
Claims16
An assay assembly comprising a biochip storage well having a base and one or more side walls, adapted to receive a biochip, with a line contact interface formation in the form of a knife-edge facing away from the base and extending along an upwardly facing perimeter of the one or more side walls and a cap comprising a resilient sealant layer, and comprising two opposing slide members, each defining a groove to enable the cap to slide onto a corresponding flange extending along the perimeter of the biochip storage well and thereby forming a vapour-proof seal with the line contact interface formation extending around the perimeter of the biochip storage well when the resilient sealant layer of the cap is applied, with a pressure, against the line contact interface formation and comprising a support member having a recess in which the biochip well sits, wherein the corresponding flange extending along the perimeter of the biochip storage well is formed by the support member.
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