Patent ID: 6616824
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
An apparatus for electrophoresis comprising:a device for electrophoresis comprising a transparent material and having formed therein a flow route in which sample components are separated; a power source for applying a voltage difference along said flow route; an irradiating device for irradiating a linearly elongated portion parallel to said flow route with light; an optical detector having a plurality of light-receiving elements arranged along said flow route for detecting absorption or emission of light by the sample components separated in said flow route; a display device; and a control unit for causing said display device to display data on the sample components separated in said flow route as a gel image based on detection signals from said optical detector while electrophoresis is being carried out by said apparatus, said gel image showing said sample components in a band form along said flow route.