Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fluid cartridge with valve mechanism
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Application No.: US17181228Application Date: 2021-02-22
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Publication No.: US11891650B2Publication Date: 2024-02-06
- Inventor: David Eberhart , William D. Nielsen , Helen Franklin , Stevan B. Jovanovich , Dennis Lehto , Kaiwan Chear , James Klevenberg , Chungsoo Charles Park , Corey M. Smith , Philip Justus Wunderle , David King
- Applicant: INTEGENX, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Pleasanton
- Assignee: INTEGENX, INC.
- Current Assignee: INTEGENX, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Pleasanton
- Agency: JONES ROBB, PLLC
- The original application number of the division: US16250646 2019.01.17
- Main IPC: C12Q1/6806
- IPC: C12Q1/6806 ; B01L3/00 ; C12Q1/686 ; G01N27/447

Abstract:
Provided herein is a fluidic cartridge having a body comprising a malleable material and a layer comprising a deformable material bonded to a surface of the body that seals one or more fluidic channels that communicate with one or more valve bodies formed in a surface of the body. The valve can be closed by applying pressure to the deformable material sufficient to crush and close off a fluidic channel in the body. Also provided are a cartridge interface configured to engage the cartridge. Also provided is a system including a cartridge interface and methods of using the cartridge and system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210180114A1 Fluid Cartridge with Valve Mechanism Public/Granted day:2021-06-17
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