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US 2016/0018428 A1Published application
Reusable belt with a matrix of wells
OwnerHans Alois Mische, Darren Lynn Cookinventors
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Abstract
A system for processing and analyzing a sample includes a belt with wells that proceeds through the system, a dispensing station that dispenses the sample and reagents into the wells of the belt, and a detection station that detects an analyte in the wells of the belt. The system further includes a wash and decontamination station for decontaminating the wells of the belt.
Claims21
1-30. (canceled)
A system for processing and analyzing a sample, the system comprising:
- a belt that proceeds through the system, the belt including a plurality of wells;
- a dispensing station that dispenses the sample and reagents into the plurality of wells of the belt;
- a detection station that detects an analyte in the plurality of wells of the belt;
- and
- a wash and decontamination station for decontaminating the plurality of wells of the belt.
2 more elements
A method for processing and analyzing a sample in a system, the method comprising:
- advancing a belt with a plurality of wells through the system to a dispensing station of the system;
- dispensing a sample and reagents into the plurality of wells of the belt;
- advancing the belt to a detection station of the system;
- detecting an analyte in the sample in the plurality of wells of the belt;
- advancing the belt to a wash and decontamination station of the system;
- and
- decontaminating the plurality of wells of the belt.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.