Electroblotting device

US10161903B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Pierce Biotechnology, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Peter Alan Bell · Beloit, US
• Surbhi Desai · Rockford, US
• John David Dwenger · Roscoe, US
• Boguslawa Dworecki · Rockford, US
• Stefan Reiley Freeman · Minneapolis, US
• Eric Leigh Hommema · Roscoe, US
• Gregory John Kilmer · Winnebago, US
• Priya Rangaraj · Rockford, US
• Stephen D. Shiflett · Rockford, US
• Hongfang Wang · Shanghai, CN
• Brian L. Webb · Roscoe, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 19, 2013
• Grant date: Dec 25, 2018
• Expiry date: Dec 16, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N27/44739
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An electroblotting system including a cassette configured to receive a membrane and a material impregnated with at least one of proteins or nucleic acids. The cassette is connectable to a base such that a current is passable through the cassette to cause at least some of the proteins or nucleic acids to be transferred from the impregnated material to the membrane. The cassette has a first portion, a second portion configured to be releasably coupled to the first portion, and a coupling mechanism configured to releasably couple the first portion to the second portion. The cassette further includes an actuator operatively coupled to the coupling mechanism such that manual depression of the actuator causes the coupling mechanism to release the first portion relative to the second portion.