Christopher B Cohick

US Patent:

55873219, Dec 24, 1996

Filed:

Jul 31, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/509174

Inventors:

Donald D. Smith - Blue Springs MO
Christopher B. Cohick - Kansas City MO
Herbert B. Lindsley - Shawnee Mission KS

Assignee:

University of Kansas - Lawrence KS

International Classification:

C12M 300

US Classification:

4353053

Abstract:

A culture plate apparatus having circular culture wells arranged in a cluster includes a moat surrounding the cluster with a cover for enclosing the wells and the moat with a head space therebetween. When the moat is filled with water or buffer solution, the moat maintains temperature uniformity among the wells and maintains uniform humidity in the head space thereby preventing nonuniform evaporation from the wells while reducing evaporation overall.