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US 12,397,295 B2Granted
Integrated apparatus for performing nucleic acid extraction and diagnostic testing on multiple biological samples
AssigneeHandyLab, Inc.
InventorsJeff Williams, Kerry Wilson, Kalyan Handique
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Abstract
The technology described herein generally relates to systems for extracting polynucleotides from multiple samples, particularly from biological samples, and additionally to systems that subsequently amplify and detect the extracted polynucleotides. The technology more particularly relates to microfluidic systems that carry out PCR on multiple samples of nucleotides of interest within microfluidic channels, and detect those nucleotides.
Claims20
A diagnostic system comprising:
- a receiving bay configured to receive a cartridge for performing amplification, wherein the cartridge comprises a cartridge barcode;
- a rack configured to receive a plurality of sample tubes and a plurality of reagent holders, wherein each sample tube comprises a sample tube barcode and each reagent holder comprises a reagent tube barcode, wherein the rack comprises a sample tube holder comprising a first rack portion configured to be receive an upper portion of a sample tube of the plurality of sample tubes, the sample tube holder further comprising a second rack portion configured to be receive a lower portion of the sample tube, wherein a middle portion the sample tube is between the upper portion of the sample tube and the lower portion of the sample tube;
- a mirror positioned relative to the sample tube holder;
- a barcode scanner configured to read the sample tube barcode of the sample tube when the sample tube is received in the sample tube holder, wherein the sample tube barcode is disposed on the middle portion of the sample tube, wherein the barcode scanner has a non-linear field of view from the barcode scanner to the mirror to the middle portion of the sample tube to read the sample tube barcode of the sample tube, wherein the barcode scanner is configured to read the cartridge barcode of the cartridge, wherein the barcode scanner is configured to read the reagent holder barcode of a reagent holder of the plurality of reagent holders;
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- a processer, wherein the barcode scanner is configured to communicate details of barcodes that the barcode scanner has detected to the processor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.