Multiple trough vessel for automated liquid handling apparatus
CA 1250551 A · Owner: F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ag · Inventors: Atwood, Brian G.; Wennberg, Timothy J.; Hewett, Gary E.
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An article of manufacture consisting of a vessel formed as a rectangularly molded unit having a top support surface and four integral vertical sidewalls from which inclined downward from the, surface, are a plurality of parallel troughs extending longitudinally between a pair of opposed walls and suspended from the top support surface. The troughs so formed are of different widths so as to hold different liquid volumes. In a preferred form the troughs are complemented with at least one elongated flat portion having a pluraltiy of aligned socket or syringe holes for mounting a plurality of replaceable pipette tips. The vessels are designed to preferably be used with an automated liquid …
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- Granted February 28, 1989. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 28, 2006.
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