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US 2015/0328640 A1Published application
Vertical clamp device
AssigneeLife Technologies Corporation
InventorDavid M. COX
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Abstract
A vertical clamping device is provided that supports a flow cell component in a vertical configuration in which the flow cell is on an opposite side of the vertical support from the electronic interface. The clamp includes a vertical setting to receive the flow cell component and provides an electronic interface on a vertical surface of the vertical setting. A block supports the fluidics interface and can move in a horizontal direction bringing the fluidics interface into contact with the flow cell component.
Claims20
A clamp device comprising:
- a carriage including a vertical receptacle to receive a flow cell component and having an arm, the carriage translatable between an insert position and a closed position;
- a translatable receptacle guide to engage the carriage when the carriage is in the insert position;
- a fluidics interface block including a fluidics interface to engage flow ports of the flow cell component;
- an electronic interface setting to engage electronic pads of the flow cell;
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- a drive component translatable between the insert position and the closed position, the fluidics interface block to motivate the fluidics interface into contact with the flow ports of the flow cell component and the electronic interface to engage the electronic pads of the flow cell component when the drive component is in the closed position.
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A method of engaging a flow cell component, the method comprising:
- inserting the flow cell component into a vertical receptacle of a carriage of a clamp device when a drive component of the clamp device is in the insert position, the clamp device comprising:
- the carriage including a vertical receptacle to receive a flow cell component and having an arm, the carriage translatable between an insert position and a closed position;
- a translatable receptacle guide to engage the carriage when the carriage is in the insert position.
- a fluidics interface block including a fluidics interface to engage flow ports of the flow cell component;
- an electronic interface setting to engage electronic pads of the flow cell;
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- a drive component translatable between the insert position and the closed position, the fluidics interface block to motivate the fluidics interface into contact with the flow ports of the flow cell component and the electronic interface to engage the electronic pads of the flow cell component when the drive component is in the closed position;
- moving the drive component to the closed position, the flow cell component engaged between the fluidics interface and the electronic interface, the setting guide compressed when moving the drive component to the closed position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.