Variable Valve Apparatus and Methods
    4.
    发明申请
    Variable Valve Apparatus and Methods 审中-公开
    可变阀装置及方法

    公开(公告)号:US20070148687A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-06-28

    申请号:US11684656

    申请日:2007-03-12

    IPC分类号: C12Q1/68 C12P19/34

    摘要: Sample processing devices with variable valve structures and methods of using the same are disclosed. The valve structures allow for removal of selected portions of the sample material located within the process chamber. Removal of the selected portions is achieved by forming an opening in a valve septum at a desired location. The valve septums may be large enough to allow for adjustment of the location of the opening based on the characteristics of the sample material in the process chamber. If the sample processing device is rotated after the opening is formed, the selected portion of the material located closer to the axis of rotation exits the process chamber through the opening. The remainder of the sample material cannot exit through the opening because it is located farther from the axis of rotation than the opening.

    摘要翻译: 公开了具有可变阀结构的样品处理装置及其使用方法。 阀结构允许去除位于处理室内的样品材料的选定部分。 通过在期望的位置处在阀隔膜中形成开口来实现所选部分的移除。 阀隔件可以足够大以允许基于处理室中的样品材料的特性来调节开口的位置。 如果样品处理装置在形成开口后旋转,则位于更靠近旋转轴线的材料的选定部分通过开口离开处理室。 样品材料的其余部分不能通过开口离开,因为它比开口更远离旋转轴线。

    Variable valve apparatus and methods
    5.
    发明申请
    Variable valve apparatus and methods 审中-公开
    可变阀装置及方法

    公开(公告)号:US20050130177A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-06-16

    申请号:US10852642

    申请日:2004-05-24

    摘要: Sample processing devices with variable valve structures and methods of using the same are disclosed. The valve structures allow for removal of selected portions of the sample material located within the process chamber. Removal of the selected portions is achieved by forming an opening in a valve septum at a desired location. The valve septums may be large enough to allow for adjustment of the location of the opening based on the characteristics of the sample material in the process chamber. If the sample processing device is rotated after the opening is formed, the selected portion of the material located closer to the axis of rotation exits the process chamber through the opening. The remainder of the sample material cannot exit through the opening because it is located farther from the axis of rotation than the opening.

    摘要翻译: 公开了具有可变阀结构的样品处理装置及其使用方法。 阀结构允许去除位于处理室内的样品材料的选定部分。 通过在期望的位置处在阀隔膜中形成开口来实现所选部分的移除。 阀隔件可以足够大以允许基于处理室中的样品材料的特性来调节开口的位置。 如果样品处理装置在形成开口后旋转,则位于更靠近旋转轴线的材料的选定部分通过开口离开处理室。 样品材料的其余部分不能通过开口离开,因为它比开口更远离旋转轴线。

    Sample processing device compression systems and methods
    8.
    发明申请
    Sample processing device compression systems and methods 有权
    样品处理设备压缩系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20070010007A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-01-11

    申请号:US11174757

    申请日:2005-07-05

    IPC分类号: C12M1/34

    摘要: Sample processing systems and methods of using those systems for processing sample materials located in sample processing devices are disclosed. The sample processing systems include a rotating base plate on which the sample processing devices are located during operation of the systems. The systems also include a cover and compression structure designed to force a sample processing device towards the base plate. The preferred result is that the sample processing device is forced into contact with a thermal structure on the base plate. The systems and methods of the present invention may include one or more of the following features to enhance thermal coupling between the thermal structure and the sample processing device: a shaped transfer surface, magnetic compression structure, and floating or resiliently mounted thermal structure. The methods may preferably involve deformation of a portion of a sample processing device to conform to a shaped transfer surface.

    摘要翻译: 公开了使用这些系统来处理位于样品处理装置中的样品材料的样品处理系统和方法。 样品处理系统包括在系统操作期间样品处理装置位于其上的旋转底板。 该系统还包括设计成迫使样品处理装置朝向底板的盖和压缩结构。 优选的结果是,样品处理装置被迫与基板上的热结构接触。 本发明的系统和方法可以包括以下特征中的一个或多个,以增强热结构和样品处理装置之间的热耦合:成形转印表面,磁性压缩结构以及浮动或弹性安装的热结构。 该方法可以优选地包括样品处理装置的一部分的变形以符合成形的转印表面。

    MODULAR SAMPLE PROCESSING APPARATUS KITS AND MODULES
    10.
    发明申请
    MODULAR SAMPLE PROCESSING APPARATUS KITS AND MODULES 有权
    模块化样品加工装置和模块

    公开(公告)号:US20080050276A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-02-28

    申请号:US11930628

    申请日:2007-10-31

    IPC分类号: G01N37/00

    CPC分类号: G01N35/025

    摘要: Modular sample processing apparatus kits that can provide a user with the flexibility to customize a disk-based assay in view of a variety of factors are disclosed. The sample processing apparatus kits of the present invention include one or more process modules that can be retained within openings in a frame. The frame and process modules of the sample processing apparatus kits are preferably adapted for use in sample processing systems that compress the apparatus. The process modules may contain different reagents to perform different tests on the same sample materials or a variety of sample materials. As a result, a single sample processing apparatus can be used to perform a variety of different tests and may include a quality control module capable of providing feedback to the user as to the accuracy of the processes run using the sample processing apparatus. Methods of using the sample processing apparatus that include deforming the process modules and frame are also disclosed.

    摘要翻译: 公开了可以根据各种因素为用户提供定制基于磁盘的测定的灵活性的模块化样品处理装置套件。 本发明的样品处理装置试剂盒包括可以保持在框架中的开口内的一个或多个处理模块。 样品处理装置套件的框架和处理模块优选地适用于压缩装置的样品处理系统。 过程模块可以包含不同的试剂以对相同的样品材料或各种样品材料进行不同的测试。 结果,可以使用单个样本处理装置来执行各种不同的测试,并且可以包括质量控制模块,其能够向用户提供关于使用样本处理装置运行的处理的准确性的反馈。 还公开了使用包括使处理模块和框架变形的样品处理装置的方法。