Patent ID: 6799629
Filing Date: 2004-10-05
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
Apparatus for cooling a bundle of capillary tubes to prevent overheating of the tubes during a parallel capillary electrophoresis procedure, said apparatus comprisingan inner jacket of thermally conductive solid material comprising mating inner jacket members movable between an open position in which the inner jacket members are separated to allow placement of the bundle in the inner jacket and a closed position in which the inner jacket members are mated together and the bundle is disposed inside the inner jacket in thermally conductive relation with the inner jacket, an outer jacket of thermally conductive solid material around the inner jacket and in thermally conductive relation therewith, said outer jacket comprising mating outer jacket members movable between an open position in which the outer jacket members are separated and a closed position in which the outer jacket members are mated together around the inner jacket, and said mating inner and outer jacket members defining a window to permit the passage of light through the window and the capillary tubes of the bundle at the location of the window.