Innatoss Laboratories B.v.

Ahold Coffee Company B.v.

Novo Klinik Service Gmbh

Freerk Van Oudheusden

Marlies Van Dullemen

Herman Van Der Vegt

Ingmar Christiaan Maurice

Michiel De Haan

Anja Garritsen

Laurentius Gerardus Meelker

Erwin Bartelds

Jozef Henricus Pollmann

Cornelia Maria De Jong

Wolfram Julius Paul Peters

Antonius Franciscus Cornelia Maria Smetsers

A liquid handling system and method, e.g., for testing blood samples. The system comprises a cartridge, and a transfer device couplable to a liquid reservoir. The cartridge comprises compartments with an inlet, closed by a seal, and an outlet, closed by a gas-permeable liquid-tight filter. Keying portions define a relative position and orientation of the cartridge and the transfer device. Penetrating elements of the transfer device penetrate the seal of each compartment, the penetrating elements having lumina for fluidly connecting the reservoir and each compartment cavity of the cartridge.

Liquid handling system and method

There is disclosed a capsule for the preparation of a beverage using an extractable and/or dissolvable product and a quantity of hot and/or pressurized liquid. The capsule comprises a circumferential wall having on one end a bottom adapted to allow entrance of the liquid, and on an opposite end a lid closing said end of the circumferential wall. The circumferential wall, bottom and lid enclosing an inner space containing the product. At least one of the lid and/or bottom comprises at least one first portion and at least one second portion separated by at least one slit and having different moving mechanics when under pressure. At least a layer of tearable material covers said slit.

Capsule, and method of producing it

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Voorhout, Netherlands

Freerk Van Oudheusden