Patent ID: 6337053
Filing Date: 2002-01-08
Classification: B01L,G01N

Abstract:
A microplate or cartridge container comprising a base member formed so as to be substantially plate-like, plural vessels thereof arranged in a matrix or line in the base member, and a partition or partitions with a fixed height being arranged parallel to an edge of the base member or a boundary or boundaries separating groups of the vessels belonging to a line or lines of vessels or a cartridge container for bounding only on one side or opposite two sides thereof with a fixed height greater than that of an opening section of each vessel,wherein a necessary number of vessels of the cartridge container according to a process are arranged along a locus of a moving nozzle of a liquid sucking/discharging line, and a necessary number of vessels of the microplate according to each process are arranged in parallel along loci of moving nozzles of the liquid sucking/discharging lines, each vessel is passed over by one locus and is not passed over by two or more loci, and the height of the partition or partitions is high enough to avoid cross contamination by mixing of splashes from adjacent processing lines.