Electrophoresis device
AssigneeAAT Laboratories, Inc.
InventorRichard K. Lee
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Abstract
An electrophoresis gel carrier includes end mounts, each having a buffer well and retainer elements constructed to support an electrophoresis medium gel so that the gel is in communication with the buffer well. Each end mount includes a base plate which defines the buffer well as well as a lower retainer element. Each end mount also includes an upper retainer element which when aligned with the lower retainer defines an opening in fluid communication with the buffer well. The openings in each of the end mounts receive opposite ends of the electrophoresis medium gel so that the gel is in communication with the buffer well. An apparatus is provided which allows a number of electrophoresis gels, mounted in gel carriers, to be analyzed using a single detector.
Claims13
An apparatus for performing a plurality of electrophoresis processes, comprising:
- a plurality of electrophoresis gel carriers, each carrier supporting an electrophoresis gel and including:
- first and second end mounts, said first end mount for receiving a first end of the electrophoresis medium gel, said second end mount for receiving a second opposite end of the electrophoresis medium gel, wherein at least one of said end mounts includes:
- a base plate defining a lower retainer, and
- an upper retainer aligned and configured to couple with said lower retainer, said lower and upper retainers defining discrete sample well cells, each of said sample well cells receiving one or the other of the first and second ends of the gel,
- a detector configured to acquire information from the electrophoresis gel carriers and transmit the information to a data collector, and
- a conveyor which moves at least one of said detector and said gel carriers with respect to each other to allow said detector to acquire said information from each of said gel carriers in a predetermined sequence, said predetermined sequence selected such that said detector acquires information from each of the electrophoresis gels at known time intervals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.