Ultra high throughput bioassay screening system
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1. A method of chemical compound storage, comprising:
- (a) providing a longitudinally extending carrier tape having therein two or more matrices of thermoformed chemical receiving wells, each of said two or more matrices being separated longitudinally from an adjacent one of said two or more matrices by a space greater in dimension than a space separating adjacent ones of said chemical receiving wells;
(b) simultaneously adding to each of said chemical receiving wells in one of said two or more matrices a chemical compound; and
(c) then, simultaneously adhering a scaling material around each of said chemical receiving wells in one of said two or more matrices to retain said chemical compounds therein and to minimize evaporation from said chemical receiving wells.
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Abstract
In a preferred embodiment, a method of performing biological assays, including: providing a longitudinally extending carrier tape having thermally formed therein a plurality of reagent receiving wells; adding a reagent to each of said reagent receiving wells; permitting each of said reagent receiving wells to incubate at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined time; and performing a biological analysis on each of said reagent receiving wells.
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1. A method of chemical compound storage, comprising:
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(a) providing a longitudinally extending carrier tape having therein two or more matrices of thermoformed chemical receiving wells, each of said two or more matrices being separated longitudinally from an adjacent one of said two or more matrices by a space greater in dimension than a space separating adjacent ones of said chemical receiving wells;
(b) simultaneously adding to each of said chemical receiving wells in one of said two or more matrices a chemical compound; and
(c) then, simultaneously adhering a scaling material around each of said chemical receiving wells in one of said two or more matrices to retain said chemical compounds therein and to minimize evaporation from said chemical receiving wells. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22)
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19. A device for chemical compound storage, comprising:
- a longitudinally extending carrier tape having therein a plurality of thermoformed chemical receiving wells, said chemical wells being disposed in two or more matrices on said carrier tape and a liquid tight sealing material adhered around each of said thermoformed chemical receiving wells to retain said chemical compounds therein and to minimize evaporation of said chemical compounds.
- View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 23)
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