Holders for arrays
AssigneeAgilent Technologies, Inc.
InventorDebra A. Sillman
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Abstract
A holder for an array unit having a planar substrate and an array of chemical moieties on a surface of the substrate. The holder may include a body with a retaining mechanism which releasably retains an array unit in a seated position. A holder identifier may include data on a characteristic of the holder or seated array or be linkable to a file containing such information. An apparatus, method, and computer program product which may be used with such a holder are also provided.
Claims16
A holder for an array unit having a planar substrate and an array of chemical moieties on a surface of the substrate, the holder comprising:
- a body with a retaining mechanism which releasably retains an array unit in a seated position, such that an array unit can be repeatedly inserted into and removed from the seated position in which it is retained in the holder, wherein the retaining mechanism comprises rear clamp member sets comprising ledges and front clamp member sets wherein the sets urge against side edge portions of a seated array unit causing the array unit to be retained in a seated position;
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- a machine readable holder identifier which includes data on a characteristic of the seated array.
A holder for an array unit having a planar substrate and an array of chemical moieties on a surface of the substrate, the holder comprising:
- a body with a retaining mechanism which releasably retains an array unit in a seated position, such that an array unit can be repeatedly inserted into and removed from the seated position in which it is retained in the holder, wherein the retaining mechanism comprises rear clamp member sets comprising ledges and front clamp member sets wherein the sets urge against side edge portions of a seated array unit causing the array unit to be retained in a seated position;
- springs that urge the rear clamp member sets and the front clamp member sets;
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- a machine readable holder identifier which includes data on a characteristic of the seated array.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.