Patent ID: 6027625
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
A method for loading one or more samples onto a gel medium comprising:providing a gel comprising a bottom plate, a top plate overlying said bottom plate in opposing spaced apart relationship, a spacing device positioned between the top plate and the bottom plate and substantially uniformly spacing the top plate and the bottom plate, and a gel medium received within the space between the top plate and the bottom plate, wherein a loading region of the gel medium is exposed, and wherein the gel medium has a thickness of from about 10 .mu.m to about 50 .mu.m;providing a device for transferring samples to the gel, comprising a body and a plurality of teeth extending from the body;wetting one or more of the teeth with an amount of one or more of the samples;stamping the teeth of the transferring device into the loading region of the gel medium such that the teeth cut substantially through the gel medium; andwithdrawing the teeth from the gel medium without substantially disrupting the surface of the gel medium, thereby forming one or more sharp bands of sample in the gel medium.