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Apparatus for simultaneous processing of multiple samples

  • US 20030035759A1
  • Filed: 08/16/2002
  • Published: 02/20/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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9. An apparatus for simultaneous processing of multiple fluid samples, said apparatus comprising:

  • a well plate having a top surface, a bottom surface and a peripheral edge, and a rim disposed about said peripheral edge, said rim configured for supporting said well plate in a manifold;

    said well plate having first 48 cylindrical wells bored into said top surface and partially through said well plate, each of said first 48 wells in said well plate being sized to receive sample reservoirs having a nominal capacity of 4.5 mL, each of said first 48 wells further having a concentric aperture punched completely through to said bottom surface of said well plate, said aperture being sized to receive a tip of a sample reservoir, said 48 wells being arranged in 12 staggered rows of 4 wells each such that a line drawn tangent to the circumferences of a first row of 4 wells will intersect an arc in the circumferences of a neighboring row of 4 wells; and

    a sample collection plate having a top surface, and a peripheral edge, said sample collection plate having second 48 cylindrical wells bored into said top surface and partially through said sample collection plate, each of said second 48 wells being sized for receiving a sample collection vial, said second 48 wells being arranged in 12 staggered rows of 4 wells each, matching said first 48 wells in said well plate, such that when said sample collection plate is aligned beneath said well plate, vials inserted into said second 48 wells are aligned directly beneath the tips of sample reservoirs inserted in said first 48 wells.

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