Sample preparation system and cartridge
AssigneeTTP Plc
InventorsPiers Sebastian Harding, Gary Stephen Howard, Gary Keith Jepps
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Abstract
A sample preparation cartridge for use with a sample preparation device, the cartridge includes a housing defining plural separate segments, at least one of said segments comprising a fixed section of a pipette component; and a moveable head comprising a pipette tip, the head being configured, in use, to be moved between a position in which the pipette tip is in sealed engagement with the fixed section of pipette component and a position in which pipette tip is positioned adjacent to another of said plural segments. With the present invention a disposable sample preparation cartridge and corresponding analytical reader can be provided in a very cost effective and simple manner.
Claims20
A sample preparation cartridge for use with a sample preparation device, the sample preparation cartridge comprising:
- a housing defining a plurality of separate segments containing analytes, beads, or analytes and beads in use,
- wherein the segments of the plurality of segments are arranged around a central axis of the housing;
- and
- a moveable pipette positioned above the plurality of separate segments,
- wherein the moveable pipette is arranged to rotate around the central axis of the housing,
- wherein the pipette is arranged to transfer, in use, analytes, beads, or analytes and beads from one segment of the plurality of segments to another segment of the plurality of segments in order to prepare a sample for analysis,
- wherein the housing is further configured to receive a plug-in cartridge, said plug-in cartridge containing a dried or solid reagent.
A sample preparation system comprising:
- a sample preparation cartridge comprising:
- a housing defining a plurality of separate segments containing analytes, beads, or analytes and beads in use,
- wherein the segments of the plurality of separate segments are arranged around a central axis of the housing;
- and
- a moveable pipette positioned above the segments, the moveable pipette arranged to rotate around the central axis of the housing,
- wherein the pipette is arranged to transfer, in use, analytes, beads, or analytes and beads from one segment of the plurality of segments to another segment of the plurality of segments in order to prepare a sample for analysis;
- and
- a plug-in cartridge containing a dried or solid reagent, said plug-in cartridge being received within the housing of the sample preparation cartridge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.