B01L2300/123

Double bag for automated analysis device
11511280 · 2022-11-29 · ·

Double bag having a first compartment containing a composition to be distributed and a second compartment for receiving a used fluid, a first bag connector communicating with the first compartment and serving to empty the latter, and a second bag connector communicating with the second compartment and serving to fill the latter.

Microfluidic apparatus, and system and method for introducing substance into cell

Provided are a microfluidic apparatus, a method and system for introducing a substance into a cell. The microfluidic apparatus includes a cavity channel, a bulk wave generating device and a surface acoustic wave generating device; a microstructure is arranged on an inner wall of the cavity channel, and the microstructure is constructed for forming a bubble by a solution at the microstructure when the solution is injected into the cavity channel; the bulk wave generating device is configured to generate a bulk wave, the bulk wave enables the bubble to resonate for generating a flow field; and the surface acoustic wave generating device is configured to generate a surface acoustic wave and control a position of at least one particle in the solution.

Analysis chip device
11513096 · 2022-11-29 · ·

The present disclosure provides an analysis chip device used in capillary electrophoresis.

Laminate fluidic circuit for a fluid cartridge
11511274 · 2022-11-29 · ·

An apparatus includes a fluid reservoir and a laminate fluidic circuit positioned above the fluid reservoir. The laminate fluidic circuit includes two or more layers laminated together to define a substantially planar substrate and one or more channels defined within the substrate. The laminate fluidic circuit includes a flexible conduit defined by a portion of the substrate encompassing an extent of at least one of the channels that is partially separated or separable from the remainder of the substrate. The flexible conduit is deflectable with respect to the planar substrate toward the fluid reservoir such that the flexible conduit fluidly connects the at least one channel to the fluid reservoir.

Sealed Container Comprising a Device Allowing Removable Connection to an Enclosure
20220371011 · 2022-11-24 ·

The invention relates to a sealed container (1) comprising a container body (2) having a through-hole (8) that is delimited by a flange and is closed by a removable door (7) mounted on the flange, an annular seal (13) located between the flange and the door (7), the flange, the door (7) and the seal forming a sealed connection device that can be connected to a complementary connection device on a sterile enclosure by means of bayonet connection means in order to allow sterile communication between the sealed container and the sterile enclosure, characterized in that the seal (13) comprises, on its inner peripheral circumference, an annular attachment bead (130) for attaching the door (7) to the flange inserted into a notch (70) on the door (7).

AN IMPROVED LARGE SCALE IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION DEVICE
20220371025 · 2022-11-24 ·

Devices and methods for immunomagnetic separation having a flexible inflatable processing chamber and magnetic array.

BIOLOGICAL TEST CASSETTES AND MEDICAL TEST SYSTEMS
20220371007 · 2022-11-24 ·

The present disclosure relates to a biological test cassette and a medical test system, the biological test cassette comprising a support, a cassette body, a chip, a first connecting tube and a second connecting tube. The support is provided with a first via hole. The cassette body is provided with a second via hole corresponding to the position of the first via hole, mounted on a top surface of the support, and further provided with a pretreatment chamber and a first flow channel in communication with the pretreatment chamber. The chip is slidably provided on a bottom surface of the support, and provided with an analyzing and processing chamber and a second flow channel in communication with the analyzing and processing chamber. The second connecting tube can be freely bent and deformed during the process of pulling the chip out from or pushing the chip back into the support.

DEVICE FOR READING, PROCESSING AND TRANSMITTING TEST RESULT DATA FOR PATHOGENS OR VIRUSES IN FLUID TEST SAMPLES
20220369964 · 2022-11-24 ·

The embodiments disclose a test cartridge assembly system including a test cartridge assembly for loading of a test sample moving the fluid through the internal fluidic channels processing and presenting the sample to one or more electrochemical sensors for measuring analytes in the test sample, at least one fluidic channel formed directly in a rigid portion of an upper test cartridge assembly housing to form a fluidic path, a port coupled to the at least one fluidic channel for receiving a spring loaded vacuum source, a port coupled to the upper test cartridge assembly housing to communicate the vacuum through the upper cartridge housing into the fluidic path, and a functional layer coupled to the test cartridge assembly configured to provide electrical functionalities and interconnections to various fluidic components.

Low-voltage microfluidic valve device and system for regulating the flow of fluid

A low-voltage microfluidic valve device and system for regulating the flow of fluid. One low-voltage microfluidic valve device for regulating the low of fluid includes a nano-textured dendritic metallic filament configured to grow and retract in response to a voltage. The low-voltage microfluidic valve device also includes a microfluidic channel configured to allow fluid flow, wherein the fluid flow is selectively interrupted by the growth of the nano-textured dendritic metallic filament. The low-voltage microfluidic valve device also includes a membrane positioned proximate to the fluid and configured to alter shape in response to the growth of the nano-textured dendritic metallic filament.

Automated camera-based optical assessment system and method

Automated camera-based optical assessment involves color assessment of a physical object using conventional and inexpensive computer hardware such as a smartphone. A specially-configured test card includes a body supporting a reagent pad configured to change to an expected color in response to an enzymatic reaction, and an imaging key adjacent the reagent pad. The imaging key includes color fields including at least one field of the expected color. The hardware captures an image of the test card, and processes the image to identify the reagent pad and color fields, to process a brightness calibration target, to determine color values for the reagent pad and color fields, to calibrate the color values as a function of brightness and/or color by comparison to the brightness and color calibration targets, and to identify a color field most closely matching the reagent pad's color to determine a corresponding test result.