MICROFABRICATED CAPILLARY ARRAY ELECTROPHORESIS DEVICE AND METHOD

摘要

A capillary array electrophoresis (CAE) micro-plate with an array of separation channels (50) connected to an array of sample reservoirs (101) on the plate. The sample reservoirs (101) are organized into one or more sample in-jectors (100-116). One or more waste reservoirs are provided to collect wastes from reservoirs in each of the sample in-jectors. Additionally, a cathode reser-voir (120) is also multiplexed with one or more separation channels. To complete the electrical path; an anode reser-voir (180) which is common to some or all separation channels is also provided on the micro-plate. Moreover, the chan-nel layout keeps the distance from the anode to each of the cathodes approxi-mately constant.