Apparatus and method for taking samples from polymer support material

US6991714B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Föderung der Wissenschaften e.V. · US

Inventors

• Christine Gauss · Geretsried, DE
• Martin Horn · Lengede, DE
• Markus Kalkum · Bonn, DE
• Holger Eickhoff · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 26, 1999
• Grant date: Jan 31, 2006
• Expiry date: Mar 26, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2035/1076
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A sample taking apparatus comprises a plurality of separation tools (10) (for example, punching capillaries) on a holding device (20), wherein the separation tools (10) are each provided with actuating means (30) for separate control thereof. In a sample taking method (for example, for punching samples from separation gels), successively removed samples are deposited in parallel onto a target substrate.