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US 2006/0188404 A1Published application
Method and article for sealing a microplate
OwnerDouglas Gjerdeinventor
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Abstract
The invention provides cover seals for covering microplates in a manner which attenuates evaporation of liquid from the microplate, while allowing pipette tip access to wells of the microplate.
Claims16
A microplate cover seal comprising:
- a) a film having a lower face and a plurality of slits, wherein the position of each slit corresponds to the position of a well on a microplate;
- and
- b) an adhesive on the lower face,
- wherein when the film is operatively affixed to a corresponding microplate, the film has sufficient pliability that the output end of a liquid handling device attached to a pump can penetrate the slit;
- wherein after the liquid handling device is retracted from the slit, the film has sufficient memory such that the slit substantially reverts to its conformation prior to penetration of the liquid handling device;
- and
- wherein the film does not exert sufficient frictional force to disconnect the liquid handling device from the pump.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.