Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rotatable cartridge with multiple metering chambers
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Application No.: US15807802Application Date: 2017-11-09
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Publication No.: US10677809B2Publication Date: 2020-06-09
- Inventor: Christoph Boehm , Sascha Lutz , Thomas Keller
- Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IN Indianapolis
- Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Indianapolis
- Agency: Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@28873ee4
- Main IPC: G01N35/00
- IPC: G01N35/00 ; G01N33/50 ; B01L3/00 ; G01F13/00 ; G01N35/10

Abstract:
A method and cartridge for determining an amount of at least two analytes in a biological sample and an automatic analyzer are disclosed. The cartridge may comprise a cartridge inlet, a sample holding chamber fluidically connected to the inlet, and two or more metering chambers. Each metering chamber may comprise a sample inlet, a sample outlet, and a metered outlet for dispensing a predetermined volume. At least one sample distribution channel is connected between the sample outlet of a metering chamber with a sample inlet of another metering chamber. For each metering chamber, a connecting tube fluidically connects the sample inlet with the sample holding chamber, a microfluidic structure for processing the sample into a processed sample connects to the sample outlet, and a measurement structure fluidically connects to the microfluidic structure and enables measurement of the processed sample to determine the amount of the analyte in the processed sample.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180136243A1 ROTATABLE CARTRIDGE WITH MULTIPLE METERING CHAMBERS Public/Granted day:2018-05-17
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