Patent ID: 6544775
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: B01J,C40B,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for the automatic synthesis of oligonucleotides on a tape-like substrate material having at least one synthesis module which can be sealed from the outside and comprises at least one reaction chamber and fluid lines for filling and emptying the reaction chamber with and of reaction media, it being possible to introduce the substrate material into the synthesis module and bring it into contact with the reaction chamber and having transport means which can be actuated by a control device and are intended to move the substrate material, characterized in that the synthesis module has a plurality of reaction chambers which, as seen in the direction in which the substrate material is moved, are arranged at a particular distance from one another, and in that the control device is designed in such a way that the substrate material can be moved through a distance which corresponds to the spacing of the reaction chambers from one another.