Microplate-reader with a controlled gas atmosphere, corresponding method and use of same
US9322784B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 8, 2011 |
| Grant date | Apr 26, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 20, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2201/06113
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A microplate reader and method has at least one measuring device and a holding device for accommodating at least one microplate and for positioning samples-containing wells of microplates in relation to the measuring device. The at least one measuring device is used for detecting light emitted by samples in wells of a microplate and/or which is influenced by samples transilluminated by light in the wells. The microplate reader has a control unit for controlling the composition of a gas atmosphere surrounding the wells containing the samples. A respective use is characterized particularly in that living cells are measured in a controlled gas atmosphere, wherein the living cells are chosen from microaerophilic, optionally anaerobic and obligatorily anaerobic microorganisms as well as fungi and eukaryotic cells.
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