System for delivering fluid samples through a fluidic device and methods therefor
AssigneeSiemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
InventorsImants Lauks, Nigel Fairbank
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Abstract
A method for delivering a fluid sample through a channel of a diagnostic consumable is disclosed. The method includes receiving the diagnostic consumable in a reader comprising a delivery system, operatively connecting the delivery system to the channel, and applying pressure pulses to the channel at a predetermined frequency. A reader for reading a diagnostic consumable is also disclosed.
Claims20
A method for delivering a fluid sample through a channel of a diagnostic consumable, the method comprising:
- receiving the diagnostic consumable in a reader comprising a delivery system,
- operatively connecting the delivery system to the channel, and
- repeatedly adjusting a pressure applied to the channel of the diagnostic consumable to deliver the fluid sample to one or more sensing regions of the diagnostic consumable.
A method comprising:
- receiving a diagnostic consumable in a diagnostic device, the diagnostic consumable including at least one sensor;
- receiving a liquid sample at the diagnostic consumable and storing the liquid sample in a sample fluid reservoir of the diagnostic consumable;
- repeatedly adjusting a pressure applied to a channel of the diagnostic consumable to transfer the liquid sample from the sample fluid reservoir of the diagnostic consumable to the at least one sensor;
- analyzing the liquid sample at the at least one sensor;
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- determining a property of the liquid sample based on the analyzing.
A method for delivering a fluid sample through a channel of a diagnostic consumable, the method comprising:
- receiving the diagnostic consumable in a reader comprising a delivery system,
- operatively connecting the delivery system to the channel, and
- applying pressure pulses to the channel at a predetermined frequency to deliver the fluid sample to one or more sensing regions of the diagnostic consumable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.