Multiple capillary electrophoresis devices with detection in capillary output
US6485626B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 31, 2000 |
| Grant date | Nov 26, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 31, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N27/44704
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention concerns a multiple capillary electrophoresis device comprising a plurality of juxtaposed capillaries, means for generating inside the capillaries an electric field ensuring electrophoretic migration, at least one source for emitting a beam dsigned to exite the molecules at the capillary output, means for detecting the fluorescence of the molecules excited by said beam. The invention also comprises means for generating another electric field, called confinement electric field, which is regularly distributed around said capillaries and which is substantially parallel thereto, said electric field confining the electrophoretic migration field and forcing the molecules to move substantially without divergence in the axis of said capillaries.
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