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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2016
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Yulong Hong, Painted Post, NY (US);
Elizabeth Tran, Painted Post, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A lid for a multi-well plate having apertures, each aperture having a gas permeable membrane, and fittings extending from the bottom surface of the lid to fit with a multi-well plate to reduce evaporation of liquid contents from within the wells of the multi-well plate, protect the contents of a multi-well plate from spilling or from mingling with the contents of a neighboring well in a multi-well plate is disclosed. The gas permeable membrane comprises one or more of (i) a continuous or discontinuous thin film associated with each aperture, (ii) a locally-thinned portion of the main body, and (iii) a quantity of material at least partially filling each aperture.