Device for receiving, treating, and storing small volume samples
AssigneeScienova GmbH
InventorsHeidrun Rhode, Stefan Kreusch, Helga Endmann, Michael Haendel, Guenther Sammler, Edith Zimmermann
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Abstract
A device is provided by means of which biomolecules in samples in a volume range from <1 μl to 500 μl can be received, treated and stored in a quick, reproducible and loss-free manner as easily, effortlessly and practically as possible, and without any risk of damaging the device. The device includes sample vessels that are configured, in terms of size and shape, as dimensionally and positionally stable capillaries that are open at both ends, the longitudinal walls of which are completely or partially made of a semi-permeable membrane.
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A device for receiving, treating and storing small volume samples, comprising:
- at least one sample vessel sized and shaped as a capillary, the sample vessel being open on a first end and a second end, and having a first side wall comprising a semi-permeable membrane, and
- at least one stabilizing body,
- the at least one sample vessel being stabilized by the at least one stabilizing body.
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