EP1343587A2 - Dispositif d'extraction et d'emission de substances liquides - Google Patents

Dispositif d'extraction et d'emission de substances liquides

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EP1343587A2
EP1343587A2 EP01985897A EP01985897A EP1343587A2 EP 1343587 A2 EP1343587 A2 EP 1343587A2 EP 01985897 A EP01985897 A EP 01985897A EP 01985897 A EP01985897 A EP 01985897A EP 1343587 A2 EP1343587 A2 EP 1343587A2
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Prior art keywords
capillary
sieve
membrane
cannulas
chamber
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Jens Albert
Thomas Henkel
Günter Mayer
Andreas Schober
Gregor Schlingloff
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Institut fuer Physikalische Hochtechnologie eV
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01LCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
    • B01L3/00Containers or dishes for laboratory use, e.g. laboratory glassware; Droppers
    • B01L3/50Containers for the purpose of retaining a material to be analysed, e.g. test tubes
    • B01L3/502Containers for the purpose of retaining a material to be analysed, e.g. test tubes with fluid transport, e.g. in multi-compartment structures
    • B01L3/5025Containers for the purpose of retaining a material to be analysed, e.g. test tubes with fluid transport, e.g. in multi-compartment structures for parallel transport of multiple samples
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01JCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS
    • B01J19/00Chemical, physical or physico-chemical processes in general; Their relevant apparatus
    • B01J19/0046Sequential or parallel reactions, e.g. for the synthesis of polypeptides or polynucleotides; Apparatus and devices for combinatorial chemistry or for making molecular arrays
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01LCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
    • B01L3/00Containers or dishes for laboratory use, e.g. laboratory glassware; Droppers
    • B01L3/02Burettes; Pipettes
    • B01L3/021Pipettes, i.e. with only one conduit for withdrawing and redistributing liquids
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01LCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
    • B01L3/00Containers or dishes for laboratory use, e.g. laboratory glassware; Droppers
    • B01L3/50Containers for the purpose of retaining a material to be analysed, e.g. test tubes
    • B01L3/502Containers for the purpose of retaining a material to be analysed, e.g. test tubes with fluid transport, e.g. in multi-compartment structures
    • B01L3/5025Containers for the purpose of retaining a material to be analysed, e.g. test tubes with fluid transport, e.g. in multi-compartment structures for parallel transport of multiple samples
    • B01L3/50255Multi-well filtration
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01JCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS
    • B01J2219/00Chemical, physical or physico-chemical processes in general; Their relevant apparatus
    • B01J2219/00274Sequential or parallel reactions; Apparatus and devices for combinatorial chemistry or for making arrays; Chemical library technology
    • B01J2219/00277Apparatus
    • B01J2219/00351Means for dispensing and evacuation of reagents
    • B01J2219/00364Pipettes
    • B01J2219/00367Pipettes capillary
    • B01J2219/00369Pipettes capillary in multiple or parallel arrangements
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01JCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS
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    • B01J2219/00274Sequential or parallel reactions; Apparatus and devices for combinatorial chemistry or for making arrays; Chemical library technology
    • B01J2219/00277Apparatus
    • B01J2219/00351Means for dispensing and evacuation of reagents
    • B01J2219/00423Means for dispensing and evacuation of reagents using filtration, e.g. through porous frits
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
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    • B01J2219/00274Sequential or parallel reactions; Apparatus and devices for combinatorial chemistry or for making arrays; Chemical library technology
    • B01J2219/00583Features relative to the processes being carried out
    • B01J2219/00585Parallel processes
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
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    • B01J2219/00583Features relative to the processes being carried out
    • B01J2219/00603Making arrays on substantially continuous surfaces
    • B01J2219/00659Two-dimensional arrays
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C40COMBINATORIAL TECHNOLOGY
    • C40BCOMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; LIBRARIES, e.g. CHEMICAL LIBRARIES
    • C40B60/00Apparatus specially adapted for use in combinatorial chemistry or with libraries
    • C40B60/14Apparatus specially adapted for use in combinatorial chemistry or with libraries for creating libraries
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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  • the invention relates to a device for the controlled uptake and release of liquid substances, preferably for the uptake and release from or into micro- and nanotiter plates, wherein at the same time preferably all cavities of at least one row of a titer plate can be detected.
  • suction lifters for holding larger volumes are known, in which pipettes are provided at the same distance from each other in the form of a rake, all pipettes being connected together with a balloon, piston or similar assembly that can be pressurized with overpressure or underpressure, so that at the same time, several a liquid substance can be removed from adjacent containers.
  • a reactor for microchemical and / or microbiological reactions which comprises a pipette with a dosing approach (DE 196 42 777 AI), a reactive solid phase support with at least one immobilized reaction partner being provided in the pipette near its lower, narrowed end is.
  • a reactive solid phase support with at least one immobilized reaction partner being provided in the pipette near its lower, narrowed end is.
  • the surface of this elevation is preferably hydrophobic or solvent-repellent on the outside and inside by chemical coating or by a physical structuring or combinations of both (e.g. a self-cleaning surface "seif cleaning surface”).
  • the invention is based on the object of specifying a device with the aid of which a large number of different liquid substances can also be simultaneously absorbed from microplates or nanotiter plates, can be dispensed again in the same grid in defined partial volumes if required, and the possibility of carrying out one or more chemical substances or biological reactions in the device itself and a simultaneous absorption of liquid substances of different viscosity should be possible.
  • the essence of the invention is that at least in one row, equally spaced capillary cannulas are provided, which are brought into a communicating connection with a chamber to which an overpressure or underpressure can be applied, the capillary cannulas being embedded in a plate and at least the capillary cannula ends on the inside of the pressure chamber a sieve-like membrane is assigned and above each capillary cannula end there is a space for the absorption of a liquid substance, within which there is the possibility of carrying out chemical or biological reactions, the spaces being separated from one another and all the spaces together within those that can be pressurized with overpressure or underpressure Are arranged chamber, wherein the capillary cannulas are designed so that their internal volume is smaller than the volume that can be absorbed by each capillary.
  • the present invention permits a highly parallel liquid transfer and the removal of substance, in particular from micro or Namotiter plates of comparable design or comparable containers.
  • the proposed device can be used both for solid-phase-coupled syntheses and in particular for liquid-phase syntheses in all variants.
  • the decisive advantage of the device is that defined volumes of different viscosities can be simultaneously absorbed and dispensed, a highly parallel and efficient liquid transfer being ensured.
  • transfer operations for bioassay applications can be carried out effectively with this device, for example dilution series of library substances in the assay.
  • bioassays can also be carried out after washing, introducing the target substance into solution and after photo-cleaving the synthesized library substances.
  • Another possible use is the removal of substances for further analysis processes by transferring them into corresponding analysis vessels.
  • the integration of bioassay and synthesis made possible by the device also enables software-supported evaluation.
  • Figure 1 shows a possible embodiment of the device for receiving and dispensing liquid substances in a longitudinal section.
  • FIG. 2b shows a second possible embodiment of parts of the device essential to the invention
  • FIG. 2c shows a third possible option for parts of the device essential to the invention
  • Fig. 3 shows a preferred embodiment of the device with the formation of spaces of defined volume within which reactions can be carried out; and Fig. 4 shows, by way of example, a lower view of the device, which is provided with cannulas in several rows and columns, the mutual spacing of which is the cavity grid of a titer plate which can be put in place equivalent.
  • FIG. 1 shows schematically a possible embodiment of the device in a longitudinal section.
  • Capillary cannulas 1, which are equally spaced from one another, are provided in a row, which are brought into a communicating connection together with a chamber 2, which can be pressurized with an overpressure or negative pressure via a connector 8, the capillary cannulas 1, which are in particular designed as steel cannulas, which are inserted into a Plate 3 are inserted and fixed by gluing.
  • a sieve-like membrane 4 Depending on the design, ie depending on the size of the perforations provided for the sieve-like membranes 4, it can be achieved in the example according to FIG.
  • the assigned capillaries should have a volume of 1 nl to 120 nl.
  • any other dimensions with regard to the volumes mentioned are possible, however, in the event that 5 reactions are to be carried out in the rooms, it must be ensured that the respective rooms 5 have a larger volume than the capillary cannulas assigned to them to prevent crosstalk of reaction liquids between rooms 5.
  • FIG. 2a shows a first embodiment of parts of the device shown in FIG. 1 that are essential to the invention.
  • the spaces 5 mentioned and the sieve-like membranes 4 are through one-piece component 6 is formed, into which a plurality of recesses for forming the rooms 5 are made down to a floor area 61 and the respective remaining floor areas are provided with a perforation 62.
  • FIG. 2b shows a second embodiment of parts of the device shown in FIG. 1 which are essential to the invention.
  • the spaces 5 are formed by a component 6, into which a plurality of continuous recesses 63 are initially made, which are provided with separate sieve-like membranes 4 on the sides facing the capillary cannulas 1.
  • FIG. 2c shows a third embodiment of parts of the device shown in FIG. 1 which are essential to the invention.
  • the sieve-like membrane 4 is formed by a continuous membrane which covers all the recesses 63 and is introduced as a network between the plate 3 and the component 6 by gluing.
  • FIG. 1 A preferred embodiment of the device with the formation of spaces 5 of defined volume, within which reactions can be carried out, is shown in FIG.
  • two one-piece silicon or glass wafers 6a and 6b are provided, in each of which recesses are made congruent down to the bottom area and each have sieve-like membranes 4; 7 are introduced into the remaining floor areas by selective etching, which is known per se and therefore cannot be explained further here.
  • the wafers 6a and 6b thus produced are attached to the sieve-like membranes 4; 7 opposite side connected to each other by anodic bonding, gluing or other joining techniques, which are also common methods that require no further explanation here.
  • the sieve-like membrane 4 is given a sieve hole width of 10 ⁇ m and the membrane 7 has a sieve hole width of 1 ⁇ m.
  • the respective rooms 5, in each of which a reaction is to be carried out, have a volume of 1 ⁇ l in the example and the capillary cannulas 1 have a volume of 100 nl.
  • a liquid reaction can be carried out, for example, as follows: Five different dissolved reagents are each taken up in succession with the device by an appropriately set negative pressure and drawn through the capillary-side sieve 4, so that the volume remains in the reaction space. Any further volume taken up is mixed with that in the reaction space during this process. The more fine-pored membrane 7 prevents the liquid from entering the chamber 2. Depending on the materials used for the device, reactions can also be carried out at elevated temperature.
  • the chamber 2 which can be subjected to an overpressure or underpressure to be detachable from the plate 3 (as indicated in FIG. 1) or at least openable above the recesses 63 (not shown in more detail) in order to provide a second access option to create the rooms 5, so that the rooms 5, in the case of designs according to FIGS. 1 and 2a to 2c from above, can be filled with an agent, if appropriate, with a second device designed analogously to the device described. Likewise, with the provided opening possibility of the chamber 2, a flooding of the rooms 5 can be realized.
  • Frits so they perform the same function as the sieve-like membranes.
  • FIG. 4 shows an example of a lower view of a device, a plurality of capillary cannulas 1, which are equally spaced from one another in rows Z and columns Sp, being introduced into the plate 3 in a matrix-like manner and corresponding to the cavity distribution of a titer plate, not shown here. 4 space 5, not shown, for the absorption of a liquid substance.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un dispositif d'extraction et d'émission contrôlées de substances liquides. L'invention vise à mettre en oeuvre un dispositif permettant d'extraire et d'émettre simultanément une pluralité de substances liquides, même différentes, à partir de plaques de microtitrage ou de nanotitrage, et de réaliser une ou plusieurs réactions chimiques ou biologiques, ledit dispositif permettant par ailleurs de prélever des substances liquides de viscosités différentes. A cet effet, une ligne comporte des canules capillaires (1) disposées à intervalles réguliers, amenées en communication fluidique avec une chambre (2) pouvant être soumise à une surpression ou une sous-pression. Lesdites canules capillaires (1) sont encastrées dans une plaque (3), et une membrane de type passoire (4) est affectée au moins aux extrémités de canule capillaire (11) du côté intérieur de la chambre de pression, un espace (5) étant respectivement prévu au dessus de chaque extrémité de canule capillaire pour la réception d'une substance liquide. Ces espaces (5) sont séparés l'un de l'autre, et sont tous disposés dans la chambre (2) pouvant être soumise à une surpression ou une sous-pression.
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