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US 11,759,784 B2Granted
Reagent cartridge
AssigneePrecision Planting LLC
InventorsTodd Swanson, Dale Koch
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a cartridge includes at least one compartment and a reagent in the at least one compartment. The reagent is a chemical composition for testing at least one of soil and vegetation for a chemical contained in the soil or vegetation. The reagent can be used in a soil and/or vegetation analysis test. The cartridge can contain an authentication chip to ensure that the reagent is the correct reagent for the analysis test.
Claims30
A cartridge comprising:
- at least one compartment;
- a reagent in the at least one compartment, wherein the reagent is a chemical composition for testing at least one of soil and vegetation for a chemical contained in the soil or vegetation;
- a readable writable authentication device to authenticate the cartridge as an authorized cartridge containing the reagent;
- and
- wherein the cartridge is adapted to cooperate with a soil and/or vegetation analysis system to supply the reagent to the soil and/or vegetation analysis system.
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A multichamber cartridge comprising:
- a body;
- a plurality of chambers in the body,
- each chamber having a fluid line in fluid communication with the chamber;
- a readable writable authentication device to authenticate the multichamber cartridge as an authorized multichamber cartridge containing a specified reagent;
- and
- wherein the multichamber cartridge is adapted to cooperate with a soil and/or vegetation analysis system to supply the specified reagent from at least one of the chambers to the soil and/or vegetation analysis system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.