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Multiple column chromatography assembly

US5603899A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 12, 1995
Grant dateFeb 18, 1997
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Expiry dateApr 12, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T436/255
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus, for simultaneously separating multiple samples into their constituents, includes a column manifold which has a plate with a plurality of apertures therethrough. A plurality of support tubes extend from the plate and each support tube has a passage in communication with one of the apertures. The column manifold also includes a fitting to which a vacuum source can the connected, thus enabling the apparatus to be used with both a centrifuge and a vacuum source. A separate separation column is removably received in each support tube and projects through the associated aperture. A collection plate has a plurality of wells arranged so that each well is aligned with a different support tube when the column manifold is placed against the collection plate. This alignment enables each well to receive material expelled from the separation column received in the corresponding support tube.

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