Liquid reagent storage and operation of analytical devices
AssigneeBiosurfit, S.A.
InventorsCarlota Albuquerque, Tânia Tenreiro, Nuno Reis, João Garcia Da Fonseca, Ricardo Marques Caleiro Cabeça
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Abstract
Improved mechanisms for storing and introducing liquid volumes in a liquid handling device and, in particular, improved mechanisms for rupturing a liquid storage package to introduce liquid into the device, improvements to the stability of a liquid receiving chamber inside the device and improvements to liquid handling in the receiving chamber are achieved.
Claims16
1-17. (canceled)
A method of introducing liquid into a fluid handling device comprising a liquid handling structure from a liquid storage arrangement secured to the fluid handling device overlapping an inlet port for admitting liquid into the fluid handling device, the method comprising:
- applying a pressure to the liquid storage arrangement to rupture the liquid storage arrangement and introduce liquid into the fluid handling device;
- rotating the fluid handling device to separate gas from the introduced liquid;
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- subsequently rotating the fluid handling device to cause liquid to flow through the liquid handling structures of the fluid handling device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.