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Title: Electrophoretic sample excitation light assembly

Abstract

An automated electrophoretic system is disclosed. The system employs a capillary cartridge having a plurality of capillary tubes. The cartridge has a first array of capillary ends projecting from one side of a plate. The first array of capillary ends are spaced apart in substantially the same manner as the wells of a microtitre tray of standard size. This allows one to simultaneously perform capillary electrophoresis on samples present in each of the wells of the tray. The system includes a stacked, dual carrousel arrangement to eliminate cross-contamination resulting from reuse of the same buffer tray on consecutive executions from electrophoresis. The system also has a gel delivery module containing a gel syringe/a stepper motor or a high pressure chamber with a pump to quickly and uniformly deliver gel through the capillary tubes. The system further includes a multi-wavelength beam generator to generate a laser beam which produces a beam with a wide range of wavelengths. An off-line capillary reconditioner thoroughly cleans a capillary cartridge to enable simultaneous execution of electrophoresis with another capillary cartridge. The streamlined nature of the off-line capillary reconditioner offers the advantage of increased system throughput with a minimal increase in system cost.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Spectrumedix Corporation, State College, PA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
879607
Patent Number(s):
6364516
Application Number:
09/379,593
Assignee:
Spectrumedix Corporation (State College, PA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
DOE Contract Number:  
FG02-97ER82461
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 1999 Aug 24
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Li, Qingbo, and Liu, Changsheng. Electrophoretic sample excitation light assembly. United States: N. p., 2002. Web.
Li, Qingbo, & Liu, Changsheng. Electrophoretic sample excitation light assembly. United States.
Li, Qingbo, and Liu, Changsheng. Tue . "Electrophoretic sample excitation light assembly". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/879607.
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