Caps for sample wells and microcards for biological materials
AssigneeApplied Biosystems, LLC
InventorsEugene Young, Steven Boege, Donald Sandell
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Abstract
A cover for a biological sample well tray, comprising a cap for sealing a sample well. The cap comprises a well lens for focusing light into the sample well and collecting light from the sample. In another aspect, the cap comprises an elongate portion configured to permit incoming light to pass into the sample well and out of the sample well. Various other aspects comprise a microcard for biological material, and an apparatus for a plurality of sample well strips. A method for testing a biological sample is also provided.
Claims8
A device for holding samples of biological material, comprising:
- a sample well disposed about an axis, the sample well comprising a topmost surface, a bottommost surface, and an interior volume configured to hold at least one sample of a biological material;
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- a cap disposed during use along the axis, the cap comprising an upper portion configured during use to be disposed above the topmost surface of the sample well and an elongate lower portion configured during use to be disposed within the interior volume of the sample well, the lower portion comprising a bottommost surface;
- wherein during use the bottommost surface of the lower portion is located closer to the bottommost surface of the sample well than to the topmost surface of the sample well;
- wherein the lower portion further comprises a conical wall defining a hollow interior volume;
- wherein the bottommost surface of the lower portion forms a bottom surface of the hollow interior volume;
- wherein the cap comprises a lens located at or near the bottommost surface of the lower portion.
A system for analyzing samples of biological material, comprising:
- a sample well disposed about an axis, the sample well comprising a topmost surface, a bottommost surface, and an interior volume configured to hold at least one sample of a biological material;
- a cap disposed along the axis, the cap comprising an upper portion disposed above the topmost surface of the sample well and an elongate lower portion disposed within the interior volume of the sample well, the lower portion comprising a bottommost surface, the bottommost surface of the lower portion being located closer to the bottommost surface of the sample well than to the topmost surface of the sample well;
- wherein the lower portion further comprises a conical wall defining a hollow interior volume;
- wherein the bottommost surface of the lower portion forms a bottom surface of the hollow interior volume;
- wherein the cap comprises a lens located at or near the bottommost surface of the lower portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.