Patent ID: 7824624

Claim:
A microplate, comprising: an upper plate including a top surface, a body and a bottom surface, where: said top surface has located thereon a sealing substance which has one or more fluid delivery/removal sealing interfaces where each fluid delivery/removal sealing interface has one or more inlet ports and one or more outlet ports; and said body has one or more fluid delivery/removal channels extending therethrough where each fluid delivery/removal channel has one or more inlet channels and one or more outlet channels which are respectively aligned with the one or more inlet ports and the one or more outlet ports located within the corresponding fluid delivery/removal sealing interface of said sealing substance; and a lower plate including a top surface which is attached to said bottom surface of said upper plate such that one or more flow chambers are present there between, where each one of the flow chambers is in communication with a corresponding one of the fluid delivery/removal channels extending through said body of said upper plate; wherein said bottom surface of said upper plate has one or more ridges extending therefrom and encompassing the one or more fluid delivery/removal channels which enables the formation of the one or more flow chambers when said upper plate is attached by an adhesive to said lower plate; wherein said bottom surface of said upper plate has one or more channels formed therein that contain an overflow of the adhesive which extend outside a perimeter of the one or more ridges.