Patent ID: 7939628

Claim:
An apparatus for the accelerated synthesis of peptides by the solid phase method, said apparatus comprising: a reaction cell that is transparent to microwave radiation; a solid adapter in said reaction cell with holes extending through said solid adapter to define at least a liquid passageway for adding liquids to said reaction cell and a gas passageway in communication with both an inert gas source and at least one item selected from the group consisting of amino acids, solvents and resins for applying and releasing an inert gas and one or more of said items to and from said reaction cell; a filtered passageway for removing liquids but not solids from said reaction cell; a microwave cavity for holding said cell; a microwave source in wave communication with said cavity; and a cooling gas source and a cooling nozzle external to said cell for externally cooling said cell while simultaneously applying microwave energy to said cell.