Biomerieux, Inc.

Frederic Foucault

Tom Beumer

Emiliano Maione

Agnes Rubens

Cecile Vinit

A filter medium includes two porous zones arranged in the form of a stack that include (i) a first porous zone, called 'prefiltration', treated with at least one reagent presenting affinity for red blood cells and leading to red blood cells being captured or agglutinated on the prefiltration zone; and (ii) a second porous zone, called 'asymmetric', presenting pore size that decreases transversely to its thickness, the portion of higher pore size being positioned towards the prefiltration zone.

Filter medium for obtaining plasma, and associated filtration device and method

The invention relates to a filter medium () comprising two porous zones arranged in the form of a stack:

A device for transferring a portion of a liquid contained in a container, the device having a hollow needle for penetrating through the plug of the container; a pressure chamber for pressurizing a fluid, the chamber having the needle passing therethrough and being provided with a septum; and an approach system for causing the hollow needle and the septum to approach each other so as to increase the pressure of the fluid as a result of the approach.

Method and device for transferring part of a liquid housed in a container

A method for cleaning a test sample well, provided in a diagnostic test card, using a cleaning head having a cleaning tube delivering, at its free end, a cleaning fluid, and a suction tube mounted inside the cleaning tube for aspirating the contaminated cleaning fluid from its free end located in proximity to the free end of the cleaning tube. The method provides for relative displacement between the test card and the cleaning head, so that the test card occupies a cleaning position wherein the cleaning tube delivers, at its free end, the cleaning fluid to the inside of the well to be cleaned and the suction tube aspirates the contaminated cleaning fluid.

Method for cleaning test sample wells, and cleaning head using said method

A one-piece flap device made of elastic material, which separates two distinct volume spaces. The one-piece flap device includes:

One-piece flap device, injection-moulded from elastic material

A device for preparing and/or treating a biological sample including an assembly of storage chambers and/or reaction chambers intended for receiving a fluid, the chambers being separated by walls so as to form an assembly of adjacent chambers. The device includes a base and a drawer including the assembly of adjacent chambers, the drawer being movable in relation to the base, the drawer including a contact surface connected to first means for establishing fluid communication connected to the inside of at least one chamber, the contact surface of the drawer being intended to be positioned facing a contact surface of the base including at least one position at which second means for fluid communication connected to detection means are placed.

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Marcy l'Etoile, France

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