LED array for illuminating cell well plates and automated rack system for handling the same
US7160717B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 1, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jan 9, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 7, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S47/08
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An assembly for promoting the growth of plant tissues that includes a plurality of plates each defining an array of wells wherein each of the wells contains a tissue sample. Support for the plates is provided by a rack having a plurality of vertically stacked shelves that may include one or more register depressions that urge the plates into predetermined positions. Light for the tissue samples is provided by a plurality of light-emitting diode arrays each mounted on a circuit board. Each circuit board is supported by a respective card edge connector of the rack so that the light-emitting diodes are in proximity to the plates supported on one of the shelves therebelow. Preferably, the light-emitting diode array corresponds to the well array supported in the registered position on the shelf therebelow so that each light-emitting diode is centered above a respective one of the wells.
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