Patent ID: 6238913
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: B01L,Y10S

Abstract:
An apparatus for modulating the temperature of a pharmaceutical microplate comprising:(a) a housing having a bottom, sides, and an open top;(b) a divider plate extending transversely through a medial portion of said housing between the top and bottom thereof so as to create a bottom closed chamber therebeneath and an upper open chamber thereabove;(c) a plurality of vertically upwardly extending tubes wherein the bottom end of each of said tubes is mounted within said divider plate and the top end of each of said tubes extends upwardly from said divider plate and through said open top of said housing; and(d) a support surface provided around a portion of the perimeter of said upper chamber for supporting a pharmaceutical microplate in upright position thereon wherein said plurality of upwardly extending tubes are oriented so as to be nestingly received within the interstices defined between the wells of said microplate;whereby heated or cooled fluid introduced from a heater/cooler water pump and into said upper chamber of said housing will rise up and around the wells of a pharmaceutical microplate positioned in the upper chamber of said apparatus.