Device for holding horizontal array of liquid aliquots
AssigneeFisher Scientific Company
InventorDavid J. Brigati
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Abstract
A device for holding a horizontal array of discrete aliquots of treating liquid having, (a) a horizontally-extending rigid base, (b) a horizontally-extending elastomeric member (or coating) on the horizontally-extending rigid base with a substantially planar horizontally-extending upper surface, and (c) a plurality of recesses formed in the elastomeric member, each recess opening to the horizontally-extending upper surface, the elastomeric member (or coating) having at its upper surface a material sufficiently incompatible with the treating liquid for a discrete aliquot of treating liquid in a recess to form a convex shape extending above the plane of the adjacent upper surface of the elastomeric member (or coating).
Claims11
A device for holding a horizontal array of discrete aliquots of treating liquid consisting essentially of:
- (a) a horizontally-extending rigid base,
- (b) a horizontally-extending elastomeric member on the horizontally-extending rigid base, the elastomeric member having a substantially planar horizontally-extending upper surface, and
- (c) a plurality of recesses formed in the elastomeric member, each recess being sized to receive internally only microliter quantities of a treating liquid and opening to the horizontally-extending upper surface, the elastomeric member having at its upper surface a material sufficiently incompatible with an aqueous treating liquid for a discrete aliquot of treating liquid of small volume greater than the internal volume of a recess to form a convex shape extending from within a recess above the plane of the adjacent upper surface of the elastomeric member.
A device for holding a horizontal array of discrete aliquots of treating liquid consisting essentially of:
- (a) a horizontally-extending rigid base,
- (b) a horizontally-extending elastomeric member on the horizontally-extending rigid base, the elastomeric member having a substantially planar horizontally-extending upper surface,
- (c) a plurality of recesses formed in the elastomeric member, each recess being sized to receive internally only microliter quantities of a treating liquid and opening to the horizontally-extending upper surface, the elastomeric member having at its upper surface a material sufficiently incompatible with an aqueous treating liquid for a discrete aliquot of treating liquid of small volume greater than the internal volume of a recess to form a convex shape extending from within a recess above the plane of the adjacent upper surface of the elastomeric member, and
- (d) a holder under the horizontally-extending rigid base, the unitary horizontally-extending rigid base and horizontally-extending elastomeric member being removable from the holder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.