Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Nina L. Pearlmutter, Esq.
  • Sample loading device for gel electrophoresis
    Patent number: 6406602
    Abstract: The present invention describes sample loading devices for use in polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis systems. The sample loading devices comprise alternating areas of absorbent membranes and diffusion barriers, where the diffusion barriers are formed by the application of some form of energy, such as heat, pressure, laser energy, RF energy or the like. The present invention also describes devices and methods for making sample loading devices, and methods of loading samples into polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Genome Therapeutics Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick B. Cahill, Jeffrey P. Montt