Method of assembling a filtration plate
OwnerStephen Young, Yevgeniy Margolininventors
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Abstract
A filtration plate includes an upper plate having one or more wells formed therein, a lower plate having one or more wells corresponding to the wells of the upper plate, a filter media separating the upper plate wells from the lower plate wells, and a seal formed at an interface between the upper plate and the lower plate. A method of assembling the filtration plate comprises applying a seal-promoting material to a component of the filtration plate and curing the seal-promoting material to form the seal at an interface between the upper plate and the lower plate.
Claims22
A method of assembling a filtration plate, comprising the steps of:
- dispensing a seal-promoting material on a first component of the filtration plate;
- and
- curing the seal-promoting material to form a seal between the first component and a second component.
A method of assembling a filtration device, comprising the steps of:
- dispensing a seal-promoting material on a surface of a first well formed in a first plate;
- and
- applying a filter media to the seal-promoting material to bond the filter media to the surface.
A method of assembling a filtration plate, comprising the steps of:
- applying a filter media to a first well of a first plate having a raised ring formed on an end of the first well;
- and
- coupling the first plate to a second plate by inserting the raised ring into a matching recess on a second well of the second plate.
A method of assembling a filtration plate, comprising the steps of:
- applying a seal-promoting material in the form of a ring to a well of the filtration plate;
- partially curing the seal-promoting material to form a partially cured seal-promoting material;
- applying a filter media to the partially cured seal-promoting material;
- and
- thermally curing the partially cured seal-promoting material to form an o-ring seal between the filter media and the well.
A filtration plate, comprising:
- an upper plate having an upper well;
- a filtration media coupled to the upper well to form a chamber for holding a sample;
- a lower plate having a lower well aligned with and separated from the upper well by the filtration media;
- and
- a seal formed at an interface between the upper plate and the lower plate, wherein the seal is formed by a seal-promoting material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.