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System for growing and manipulating tissue cultures using 96-well format equipment

  • US 5,650,323 A
  • Filed: 06/26/1991
  • Issued: 07/22/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/26/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A multi-well cluster system designed for use with auxiliary equipment that loads and unloads precise volumes of liquid and/or reads the light transmitted through or emanating from each of the wells in a standard format 96-well plates comprising:

  • a cluster plate having a matrix of wells, fewer in number than 96, forming at least one row of wells wherein the wells are spaced apart, center to center, a distance which is a whole number multiple of the distance between adjacent wells in the 96 well standard format and wherein the cluster plate wells are each aligned with a different wells in the standard format enabling the cluster plate to be used with said auxiliary equipment,the diameters of each of the wells in the cluster plate being greater than the center to center distance of adjacent wells in the standard 96-well.

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