Gel electrophoresis apparatus

Details Gel electrophoresis apparatus Gel electrophoresis apparatus

1997-03-13

1999-03-30

Warden, Robert

Chemistry: electrical and wave energy

Processes and products

Electrophoresis or electro-osmosis processes and electrolyte...

204467, 204616, 204618, 204621, G01N 2726

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058883649

ABSTRACT:
A gel electrophoresis apparatus and a cooling system therefor. The apparatus includes a front panel and a back panel. A gel slab is contained in a gel slab platform between the front and back panels. The gel slab platform extends upwardly to the front edge of an upper buffer reservoir and downwardly to a lower buffer reservoir. A conventional gel mold assembly is inserted into the apparatus and supported by the gel slab platform. A cooling unit is disposed below the lower buffer reservoir of the apparatus. A baffle plate is inserted between the front panel and a back panel of the apparatus. When the cooling unit is actuated, the baffle plate directs a cooling medium through the apparatus and between the front panel and the back panel to cool the gel slab. The apparatus also includes dampers which are pivotally mounted on the apparatus at the top of the baffle plate. The dampers are used to control the flow of the cooling medium through each baffle individually. The apparatus further includes clamps which are pivotally mounted on the sides of the apparatus, and are used to hold the gel mold in place in the gel slab platform during testing. The clamps are designed with a hinge so that they naturally fall away from the gel slab platform when not in use.

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