Illumina Corporation

Illumina Cambridge Limited

James Christopher Blake

James Michael Osmus

Erik Allegoren

Philip Y Paik

Jay Taylor

Bradley Kent Drews

Mark J Nibbe

Jack Godfrey-Wood

Gudrun Stengel

Oliver Jon Miller

Daniel Leonard Fuller

Michael Steven Becker

Mohammed Kafeel Ahamed

Michael Thomas Dangelo

Lea Kobeli

Jack Godfrey Wood

Edward Wilson Licitra

Stephen Wayne Clark

Carlos Dominguez

Umberto Ulmanella

Michael Adalbert Niziolek

Michael Dai Wang

Kirsten Mary Trammell

Kimberly Ellen Preal

Michael Dangelo

Daniel L Fuller

The assembly includes a docking console and a manifold. The docking console includes a cartridge support surface having a first end and a second end. The manifold has one or more wells defined therein. The docking console further includes a manifold retention bracket to releasably hold the manifold against a fluid cartridge supported on the cartridge support surface at an interface position such that the one or more wells are in fluid communication with the fluid cartridge and a biased seal bar to press the fluid cartridge against the manifold held by the manifold retention bracket. A hydrophilic porous frit disposed within at least one of the wells and is to permit liquid to flow through the outlet aperture but prevent gas from passing through the outlet aperture.

Liquid sample loading

Sequencing cartridge assembly

Reagent cartridge

Disclosed herein are devices and techniques for providing for enhanced fluid mixing in a sample vial. A plunger head may be removably housed inside of a cap that is attached to a container; the cap may have an opening allowing a shaft, e.g., a probe or sipper shaft, to be inserted into the cap and into the plunger head. The shaft may be used to push the plunger head free of the cap, and then to reciprocate the plunger head within the container to mix the content. Withdrawal of the shaft may then cause the plunger head to disengage from the shaft and remain in the container.

Sample tube with integrated mixing plunger head

Cartridge package

Library tube

Lawn edging device

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La Jolla, CA, United States of America

James Christopher Blake