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US 12,098,985 B2Granted
Modular assay support devices
Assignee10x Genomics, Inc.
InventorsDavid Maurice Cox, Layla Katiraee
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Abstract
A substrate holder includes a base configured to receive a substrate; a cover configured to mateably engage with the base, the cover defining an opening formed by inner sidewalls; and a removable insert defining a surface, the removable insert being configured to be received within the opening of the cover. The removable insert includes a gasket; a projection coupled to the gasket; and at least two insert tabs extending from opposite sides of the removable insert, each insert tab being configured to engage with at least one of the inner sidewalls forming the opening of the cover.
Claims30
A method comprising:
- mounting a substrate on a base of a substrate holder, the substrate holder comprising:
- the base configured to receive the substrate, the base comprising non-movable tabs extending from at least two of its sidewalls;
- and
- a cover configured to mateably engage with the base, the cover defining an opening configured to receive a removable insert, the cover comprising movable tabs configured to engage with the non-movable tabs of the base,
- wherein each movable tab comprises first and second contacting surfaces configured to engage with a corresponding non-movable tab of the base, the first contacting surface configured to engage with the corresponding non-movable tab such that the cover and the base are engaged in an unlocked state, and wherein the second contacting surface is configured to engage with the corresponding non-movable tab such that the cover and the base are engaged in a releasably locked state,
- inserting the removable insert in the opening of the cover;
- engaging the first contacting surface of the movable tab with a surface of the non-movable tab while placing the cover on the base such that the cover and the base are engaged in the unlocked state;
- and
- adjusting a position of the removable insert.
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