公开(公告)号：US10857538B2

公开(公告)日：2020-12-08

申请号：US15780814

申请日：2016-12-05

Applicant: TTP Plc

Inventor： Piers Sebastian Harding ,  Gary Stephen Howard ,  Gary Keith Jepps

IPC: B01L7/00 ,  C12N15/10 ,  G01N35/10 ,  G01N35/00 ,  G01N35/04 ,  B01L3/00 ,  B01L3/02

Abstract: A sample preparation cartridge for use with a sample preparation device, the cartridge includes a housing defining plural separate segments, at least one of said segments comprising a fixed section of a pipette component; and a moveable head comprising a pipette tip, the head being configured, in use, to be moved between a position in which the pipette tip is in sealed engagement with the fixed section of pipette component and a position in which pipette tip is positioned adjacent to another of said plural segments. With the present invention a disposable sample preparation cartridge and corresponding analytical reader can be provided in a very cost effective and simple manner whilst still ensuring high quality sample preparation for analysis.