Gel excitation apparatus
OwnerDarius Kelly, Sean Gallagherinventors
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Abstract
A gel excitation apparatus for exciting a gel that includes a container for holding an aqueous solution within which the gel can be positioned, at least one light source disposed proximate the container for irradiating the gel with radiation within at least a first wavelength band, the first wavelength band selected to excite the gel to cause the gel to emit radiation into said aqueous solution. The aqueous core of the apparatus functions not only to increase the efficiency of excitation, but also increases the contrast between excitation light and sample emission light.
Claims16
A gel excitation apparatus for exciting the stained protein and DNA within a gel comprising:
- (a) a container for holding an aqueous solution within which the gel can be positioned;
- (b) at least one light source disposed proximate said container for irradiating said gel with radiation within at least a first wavelength band, said first wavelength band selected to excite the gel to cause the gel to emit radiation;
- (c) a detector disposed proximate said container for monitoring radiation emitted from said stained protein and DNA within said gel.
A gel excitation apparatus for exciting the stained protein and DNA within a gel comprising:
- (a) a container having interconnected side, end and bottom walls defining a leak proof chamber;
- (b) an aqueous solution disposed within said leak proof chamber within which the gel can be positioned;
- (c) a plurality of light sources located proximate said container for irradiating said gel with radiation within at least a first wavelength band, said first wavelength band selected to excite the gel to cause the gel to emit radiation;
- (d) a detector disposed above said container for monitoring radiation emitted from said stained protein and DNA within said gel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.