Patent ID: 7025864

Claim:
An apparatus for carrying out electroelution of target molecules from a gel containing said molecules comprising: two spaced apart electrode compartments, each of which comprises side wall(s) and a bottom at least one electrode and is adapted to hold a liquid therein, and a conduit disposed between and in communication with both of said electrode compartments and adapted to hold a liquid therein, wherein said electrode compartments are each adapted to hold a first electrophoresis buffer solution therein wherein said conduit is adapted to hold a second electrophoresis solution in effective contact with said first electrophoresis buffer solution; and wherein, when said electrode compartments are disposed substantially horizontally, at least a major portion of the conduit is disposed at a level below the level of the bottom of said electrode compartments proximal to the conduit, wherein said apparatus is adapted to have a gel specimen containing molecules of interest disposed in said first electrophoresis buffer solution proximate to a confluence of one of said electrode compartments and said conduit, and wherein said electrophoresis solutions are adapted to permit an electrical current, sufficient to cause electroelution of molecules of interest from said gel and to cause such electroeluted molecules to be transferred into said second electrophoresis solution.