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Multi-through hole testing plate for high throughput screening

  • US 6,436,632 B2
  • Filed: 10/04/2001
  • Issued: 08/20/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/19/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An assembly for holding liquid samples, said assembly comprising:

  • a substrate having first and second opposing surfaces and including a bundle of capillary tubes, wherein said first opposing surface comprises first ends of the capillary tubes of said bundle and said second opposing surface comprises said second ends of the capillary tubes of said bundle; and

    a plurality of through holes in said substrate, including longitudinally-extending holes through the centers of the capillary tubes of said bundle, each of said through holes extending from an opening in one of the opposing surfaces of the substrate to an opening in the other of the opposing surfaces, wherein the through holes are sized to provide sufficient surface tension by capillary action to hold respective liquid samples.

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