SealMate™ system provides a convenient method for sealing standard-format microplates with adhesive films

• Smooth lower surface for pressing film to the plate
• Available sterile or non-sterile
• SealMate dispenser provides a protective enclosure for films prior to dispensing

It can be opened, permitting insertion of a new roll, then closed and latched securely by means of clasps at each side of its film-dispensing "bill". Individual films on the roll are delineated by non-adhesive color-code bands that serve as end-tabs for positioning the films on the microplates. The bands also act as markers to show when the end of one film has been reached so that the next film is not pulled prematurely from the dispenser. Each band contains two perforations, the first of which, bounded by a small indent at the edges, tears easily to separate the sheet being dispensed from the next sheet on the roll. The second perforation permits the end-tab to be removed from the plate once the film has been applied.

The system includes a molded polypropylene dispenser with a hinged "clamshell" design and sealing films supplied in a novel sheeted-roll configuration. The SealMate roll format reduces waste by eliminating the protective paper backing necessary with films supplied as separate sheets and also speeds application of films to the plates.