Patent ID: 6893613
Filing Date: 2005-05-17
Classification: B01J,B01L,C40B

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for performing chemistry reactions in a plurality of open-mouthed, closed-bottomed, reaction vessels in conjunction with a liquid handler of the type having a plurality of individual liquid dispensing means arranged in a pattern, said apparatus comprising a base defining an insert-receiving space, means for sealing the mouths of the reaction vessels, said sealing means being mounted above said base, between the reaction vessels and the liquid dispensing means of the liquid handler, and comprising a sealing plate having a plurality of sealable openings, each of said sealable openings being aligned with a different one of the reaction vessels, such that liquid can be dispensed through said sealing plate into the reaction vessels from the liquid dispensing means of the liquid handler, said insert-receiving space being situated in operative registration with the liquid dispensing means of the liquid handler, and in combination therewith, first and second inserts alternatively insertable into said insert-receiving space in said base, means for causing said first and second inserts to be received into said insert-receiving space in only a single orientation, each of said inserts comprising a plurality of individual reaction vessel-receiving recesses arranged in a different array, each of said reaction vessel-receiving recesses in each of said insert recess arrays being aligned with a different one of the liquid dispensing means of the liquid handler when the insert is received in said insert-receiving space in said base.