US 11,874,288 B1
Utilizing well plates with embedded artifacts
Charles McAlister Marshall, North Andover, MA (US); Richard C. Sharp, Wayland, MA (US); Frederick Milton Blodgett, Jr., Southbridge, MA (US); Vlorent Morina, San Jose, CA (US); and Jerry E. Hurst, Jr., Boulder Creek, CA (US)
Assigned to RedShift BioAnalytics Inc., Burlington, MA (US)
Filed by Redshift Bioanalytics, Inc., Burlington, MA (US)
Filed on Jan. 15, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/247,925.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/617,758, filed on Jan. 16, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/617,835, filed on Jan. 16, 2018.
Int. Cl. B01L 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); B01L 7/00 (2006.01); B01L 5/00 (2006.01); B01L 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 35/00732 (2013.01) [B01L 1/02 (2013.01); B01L 3/50851 (2013.01); B01L 3/50853 (2013.01); B01L 3/565 (2013.01); B01L 5/00 (2013.01); B01L 7/54 (2013.01); B01L 2200/146 (2013.01); B01L 2300/048 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0663 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0829 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0861 (2013.01); B01L 2300/14 (2013.01); B01L 2300/16 (2013.01); B01L 2300/1805 (2013.01); B01L 2300/1833 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A well plate, comprising:
a frame section that defines a plane and comprises:
a planar portion; and
a set of ridge portions coupled with the planar portion, the set of ridge portions extending beyond the plane defined by the planar portion having a ridge portion diameter, each of the ridge portions having the same ridge portion diameter from the planar portion to the top of the ridge portion;
a plurality of well structures coupled by the planar portion, each well structure extending in a direction away from the plane defined by the frame section, and each well structure defining a well for holding a fluid, the well structure comprises:
a first section having a first section diameter, the first section diameter is the same as the ridge portion diameter;
a second section having a second section diameter that is narrower than the first section diameter, the second section not having a conical shape;
a boundary region between the first section and the second section, the boundary region being curvilinear to improve the accuracy of fluid height measurement in the well structure; and
an artifact connected to at least one well structure, the artifact uniquely identifying a type of the well plate among other types of well plates.