Eppendorf Ag

Cordula Kroll

Lutz Timmann

Holger Link

Stefan Roth

Werner Lurz

Andreas Schirr

Helmut Knofe

Andreas Graff

Arne Schafrinski

Vinh Duong

Henner Tasch

Jens Peter Kroog

Reinhold Götz

Ruediger Huhn

Reinhold Goetz

Melanie Persson

Wilhelm Pluster

Arne Schaffrinski

The present invention relates to a cover for covering one or more sample(s) that are suitable to avoid or minimize evaporation and/or condensation of any vaporizable substance that may be present in the sample(s) or reaction mixture(s), in particular evaporation of substance at the fringes of a vessel or an array of vessels or condensation of a substance on the lid of a reaction vessel or a plate/block containing the sample(s) and/or a cover. This is achieved by providing a device comprising, among others, a force distribution unit that comprises at least one medium or material that is unable to withstand a static shear stress and deforms continuously under the action of a shear force.

Cover for sample with homogenous pressure application

A configuration of mini-volume reaction receptacles () of which the receptacle housings () each enclose an elongated chamber () of which the ends are connected to apertures () formed in the receptacle housing. The receptacle housings have identical base surfaces and have a small height relative to the base surface, and are stacked on one another while their base surfaces are mutually aligned. At least one aperture of a receptacle housing communicates with at least one aperture of a vertically adjacent receptacle housing, as seen in the direction of stacking. The receptacles () are mechanically interlocked in a direction transverse to the direction of stacking and can be plugged one into another. Each receptacle housing defines at least one aperture () at its top side that is accessible to a pipette.

Stacked array of reaction receptacles

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Tangstedt, Germany

Cordula Kroll