Patent ID: 7618592
Filing Date: 2009-11-17
Classification: B01L

Abstract:
1. A sterile microarray kit comprising, within packaging, the following: (a) a sample plate comprising an array of wells; (b) a drain plate comprising an array of underdrains, each underdrain comprising an upstream end and a downstream end, with a spout provided at said downstream end that enables fluid to flow out of said underdrain, and the drain plate being engaged onto said sample plate such that the array of underdrains are in register with said wells, and whereby fluid placed in said wells flow into said underdrains when the drain plate is engaged onto said sample plate; and (c) a single continuous plate liner comprising an array of hermetic spout isolators, the plate liner being detachably engaged or engageable manually onto said drain plate such that the hermetic spout isolators are in register with said underdrains, wherein a hermetic seal is formed at or around the underdrain spouts when the plate liner is engaged onto the drain plate, and wherein: