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US 10,092,906 B2Granted
Diagnostic cartridges having flexible seals
AssigneeLuminex Corporation
InventorsTom Westberg, Bruce Richardson, Ryan Griswold, Chris Lewis
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Abstract
Disclosed are cartridges and modules that may be utilized in diagnostic systems and methods. The cartridge includes a flexible seal that caps the cartridge. The flexible seal has an opening for a pipette tip, and the flexible seal is configured to create a sealed environment when a pipette tip is positioned in the opening of the flexible seal and when the pipette tip is moved in the X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis.
Claims13
A cartridge for processing a sample, the cartridge comprising:
- a base, a middle frame, a top frame, and a flexible seal wherein:
- the middle frame is located on top of the base such that it is between the base and the top frame;
- the flexible seal is located within the middle frame;
- the top frame is located on top of the flexible seal;
- the base comprises:
- a sample well;
- a plurality of reagent wells;
- a plurality of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) wells;
- a perforable seal covering and sealing the reagent wells and the PCR wells;
- a hybridization chamber;
- and
- an analysis chamber;
- the middle frame comprises a sample well port configured to introduce a sample into the sample well;
- a plurality of pipette tips, wherein each pipette tip is positioned in an opening in the flexible seal;
- and
- wherein the flexible seal covers and extends over the top of more than one well and permits movement of the plurality of pipette tips such that each pipette tip can move over more than one well while in the flexible seal.
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