US 11,724,261 B1
Synthesizer system with inflatable seal and valve arrangement
Robert West, Solon, IA (US); Gregory Hodges, Coralville, IA (US); Justin Kline, Cedar Rapids, IA (US); and Scott Steburg, North Liberty, IA (US)
Assigned to INTEGRATED DNA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Coralville, IA (US)
Filed by INTEGRATED DNA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Skokie, IL (US)
Filed on May 12, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/872,969.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/846,867, filed on May 13, 2019.
Int. Cl. B01L 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC B01L 3/50853 (2013.01) [B01L 2300/041 (2013.01); B01L 2300/047 (2013.01); B01L 2300/048 (2013.01); B01L 2300/049 (2013.01); B01L 2300/06 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0832 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A synthesizer system comprising:
a vacuum block;
a sealing plate coupled to the vacuum block and positioned above the vacuum block along a vertical direction, the sealing plate having a sealing plate central opening;
a synthesis plate having a plurality of wells, the synthesis plate located at least partially within the sealing plate central opening; and
an inflatable seal positioned laterally between the sealing plate and the synthesis plate, wherein the inflatable seal is in direct physical contact with both the sealing plate and with a sidewall of the synthesis plate along a lateral direction that is perpendicular to the vertical direction, thereby forming a lateral seal between the sealing plate and the synthesis plate and thereby also centering the sealing plate within the sealing plate central opening.