Microplate assembly and closure
AssigneeMicroliter Analytical Supplies, Inc.
InventorKimberly R. Gamble
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Abstract
A microplate assembly with closure comprises a microplate base 101 having a geometric array of wells 103. Vials 113 of borosilicate glass inserted into the wells comprise flanges on the top portion of the vials. Closure 117 comprises an array of caps 119 having a complementary geometric pattern to the wells of the microplate base. The caps each comprises a septum and are connected by a thin membrane 121. Each cap comprises a sidewall 403 having a vial engagement ring which snaps over the flange 115 of the vials. Septum openings 135 in the caps extend through the top of the caps and provide a means to fill and evacuate the vials with a penetration device passing through the septa of the caps of the closure.
Claims18
A microplate assembly with closure comprising:
- a microplate base comprising a plurality of sample containable wells arranged in a geometric pattern;
- a plurality of glass vials comprising dimensions providing a predetermined fit in said plurality of sample containable wells in the microplate base, each of said plurality of glass vials comprising a vial opening, a flange, and a closed vial bottom and;
- a closure comprising a plurality of caps attached to a membrane, said plurality of caps arranged in the geometric pattern of said plurality of sample containable wells in the microplate base, each of said plurality of caps comprising a bottom cap opening, a top septum opening, a sidewall engageable to an outside surface of said each of said plurality of glass vials, the sidewall of each of said plurality of caps comprising a vial flange engagement ring on an inside surface of said sidewall for engaging the flange of each of said plurality of glass vials, said flange engagement ring protruding inside of said sidewall, and a septum between the top septum opening and the bottom cap opening.
A closure for a plurality of glass vials dimensioned for insertion into a plurality of sample containable wells of a microplate arranged in a geometrical pattern, the closure comprising:
- a plurality of caps attached to a membrane, said plurality of caps arranged in the geometric pattern of said plurality of sample containable wells;
- each of said plurality of caps comprising a cylindrically shaped sidewall, the sidewall comprising a bottom cap opening and comprising a vial flange engagement ring on the protruding inside an inner diameter of the sidewall, the vial flange engagement ring comprising a ring inner diameter sufficient to fit over and engage an outer diameter of a flange of each of said plurality of glass vials, ;
- a top septum opening, and a septum between the bottom cap opening and the top septum opening.
A microplate assembly with closure comprising:
- a microplate base comprising a plurality of sample containable wells arranged in a geometric pattern;
- at least one glass vial of dimensions providing a predetermined fit in said plurality of sample containable wells in the microplate base, said at least one glass vial comprising a vial top opening, a vial top flange comprising a top sealing surface, and a closed vial bottom;
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- at least one snap cap insertable onto said at least one glass vial, said at least one snap cap comprising a top, a sidewall comprising a flange engagement element, and a septum comprising an upper resealable portion and a lower barrier portion, the septum disposed between the top and the flange engagement element;
- whereby the barrier portion seals the top sealing surface of the glass vial when the flange engagement element engages the vial flange.
A sample vial and cap assembly for insertion in a sample containable well of a microplate base, the sample vial and cap assembly comprising:
- a glass vial of dimensions providing a predetermined fit in said sample containable well in the microplate base, the glass vial comprising a vial top opening, a vial top flange comprising a top sealing surface, and a closed vial bottom;
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- a snap cap insertable onto said glass vial, the snap cap comprising a top, a sidewall comprising a flange engagement element, and a septum comprising an upper resealable portion and a lower barrier portion, the septum disposed between the top and the flange engagement element;
- whereby the barrier portion seals the top sealing surface of the glass vial when the flange engagement element engages the vial flange.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.