Abstract: The application discloses a microplate, wherein the openings of the wells for receiving reagents have a collar, wherein the collar comprises at least two upwardly extending rims, wherein the rims are radially separated by a gap (4), and wherein the rims are circumferentially closed. Furthermore, multiwall strips with such double rimmed wells are disclosed.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 20, 2012
Publication date:
November 7, 2013
Applicant:
4TITUDE LIMITED
Inventors:
Paul Day, Peter Collins, Thomas Lernbecher
Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat sealable member comprising a sheet of heat sealable material to a multiwell plate, wherein the sheet is mounted in a frame, and wherein said frame is sized to fit over a multiwell plate so that the sheet is contacted with at least one of the rims of the top of the plate and the individual wells; as well as to the use of the heat sealable member with automatic plate handling apparatus, especially in PCR processes. The present invention further relates to a method for sealing multiwell plates.