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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4874490 | Pre-cast gel systems for two-dimensional electrophoresis A strip gel and a slab gel are combined in a single gel enclosure or on a single gel backing for two-dimensional electrophoresis. The enclosure is comprised of a single pair of support plates, and a removable electrically insulating region is included to ... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4867855 | Method and apparatus for separating complex mixtures of bio-organic materials A method and apparatus is described for separating complex mixtures of components, particularly bio-organic molecules, preferably on the basis of two independent physical characteristics. A sample initially is resolved in a first stage to yield a fluid st... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4865715 | Electrophoresis device with near-vertical gel plates There is described an electrophoresis device having a support for a gel plate assembly, and means for clamping such plate assemblies to the support. The support provides a surface that is inclined at an angle of between about 5° and about 10° from the v... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4832815 | Wavelength dispersion electrophoresis apparatus In a wavelength dispersion electrophoresis apparatus which detects fluorescences of unequal wavelengths emitted from the samples of DNA, RNA or the like labeled with a plurality of fluorophores, a direct-vision prism (14) is interposed between a two-dimen... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4828669 | Electrophoresis device with removable buffer tank There is disclosed an electrophoresis device comprising a gel plate assembly on a support, and an upper and a lower buffer tank. At least one of such tanks includes means for releasably mounting the at least one tank in liquid contact with the interior of... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4820398 | Electrophoresis gel sheet An electrophoresis gel sheet is composed of electrically non-conductive organic polymer films, gel-casing spacers having predetermined thicknesses and disposed at both side edge portions between the two polymer films, and an electrophoresis medium of unif... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4802969 | Gel plate assembly for electrophoresis A gel plate assembly is described for use in an electrophoresis device. It comprises a glass plate having a front and rear surface, and means for confining a gel in contact with the front surface over a flow surface area. On the rear surface, there is pro... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4800010 | Lockable, rotating electrophoresis device There is disclosed a releasable locking mechanism for holding a rotating device in place. The mechanism is particularly adapted for use with an electrophoresis device comprising a support for mounting at least one gel plate assembly in a generally vertica... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4773984 | Vertical gel slab electrophoresis apparatus A vertical gel slab electrophoresis apparatus is disclosed comprised of a vertically oriented gel slab arranged between upper and lower buffer solution reservoirs. A bifurcated movable lower tray contains both an upper buffer reservoir drain and lower buf... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4772373 | Vertical slab type electrophoresis apparatus A novel vertical slab type electrophoresis apparatus, characterized by the provision of a gel holding glass sheet couple detachably fitted in a pair of tapered fitting groove formed opposingly on and along the entire length of glass support column portion... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4747918 | Electroelution apparatus and method of using same An electroelution apparatus having at least one container for receiving a liquid, wherein the liquid volume of the container is less than 50 ml, a first electrode in the container on one side of the container and a second electrode in the container on the... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4735697 | Method and apparatus for separating complex mixtures of bio-organic materials A method and apparatus is described for separating complex mixtures of components, particularly bio-organic molecules, preferably on the basis of two independent physical characteristics. A sample initially is resolved in a first stage to yield a fluid st... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4732657 | Gel-slab plate assembly Disclosed is an end clamp for use with a gel slab plate assembly, such assembly including a pair of flat, rectilinear plates separated at their longitudinal end surfaces by a resilient spacer. The end clamp includes an elongate wedge element having a long... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4715942 | Electrophoresis apparatus An apparatus for conducting electrophoresis is fabricated by use of an electrophoresis sheet composed of two sheet members consisting of a non-conductive organic polymer film and disposed to stand facing each other, spacers having predetermined thicknesse... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4663015 | Electrophoresis apparatus for nucleic acid sequencing An integrated plate structure provides a novel component for use in an electrophoretic sequencing cell. The integrated plate structure consists of a glass plate and a plastic plate bonded together along a raised edge of the latter, the edge extending alon... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4640759 | Supported medium for electrophoresis and supports therefor A process for electrophoresis employing a medium wherein the potential gradient along the direction of electrophoresis is made larger at both side portions of the medium than at the center portion thereof. A medium for employable for said process in that ... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4624769 | Electrophoresis apparatus for nucleic acid fragments An improved electrophoresis apparatus for nucleic acid fragments in which nucleic acid fragments are separated in the order of their molecular weight in an electrophoresis cell using an electrophoretic gel for determining the base sequence of a nucleic ac... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4612106 | Cooling system for a slab gel electrophoresis apparatus Disclosed herein is a gel slab electrophoresis device having novel temperature and heat control capability. The electrophoresis device includes a sample unit having a pair of transversely-spaced first and second plates containing a gel cast, these plates ... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4574040 | Apparatus for vertical gel electrophoresis An electrophoresis cell assembly is disclosed which accommodates one or more vertically oriented gels of either slab or tube geometry held in a lateral enclosure attachable to a U-shaped frame to form a liquid-tight upper buffer chamber surrounding the up... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4518476 | End clamp for gel slab plate assembly A novel device for clamping together a sandwich-type gel slab plate assembly includes an elongate housing having a recess on one side and two movable bars placed parallel to each other inside the recess. Due to a series of angled parallel surface segments... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4374723 | Apparatus for electrophoresis The invention concerns an electrophoretic process for the investigation, analysis, and/or production, especially immunoelectrophoretic, of chemical substances, in which the substances are transported in aqueous solution in a gel carrier medium. For inhibi... | 02/22/1983 |
| 4360418 | Electrophoresis and staining apparatus An automated electrophoresis and staining apparatus provides a platform spaced above a base. An electrophoresis chamber and a series of vats are mounted upon the platform and arranged in a row, the vats being adapted to contain respectively a liquid stain... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4292161 | Vertical gel slab electrophoresis apparatus A vertical gel electrophoresis apparatus includes a U-shaped structure consisting of a container for upper buffer solution and extending parallel plate sample units which form the legs of the U. In the casting mode the U-shaped structure is inverted with ... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4224134 | Vertical gel slab electrophoresis apparatus and method therefor A vertical gel electrophoresis apparatus includes a U-shaped structure consisting of a container for upper buffer solution and extending parallel plate sample units which form the legs of the U. In the casting mode the U-shaped structure is inverted with ... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4101401 | Fluid isolation electrophoresis apparatus and method Electrophoretic separation of samples in a running gel is obtained by depositing three layers of liquid in an outer container. The liquid layers have increasing specific gravities proceding from the uppermost to the lowermost layer. The upper and lower la... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4088561 | Apparatus for electrophoresis separation An apparatus is disclosed for simultaneously performing electrophoresis separations on a plurality of slab gels containing samples of protein, protein subunits or nucleic acids. A reservoir of buffer solution is divided into three compartments by two para... | 05/09/1978 |
