Fluidic Analytics Limited

Cambridge Enterprise Limited

Fluidic Sciences Limited

Sean Devenish

Tuomas Pertti Jonathan Knowles

Tuomas Knowles

Thomas Mueller

Anthony Douglas

Liam Dower

Tom Scheidt

Matthias Schneider

Catherine Xu

Ashley Priddey

Vasilis Kosmoliaptsis

Georg Meisl

A device and method for fluorescent labelling a component is provided. The device comprising a first user-replaceable reservoir comprising a strongly buffered alkaline solution of aromatic ortho-dialdehyde dye, a second user-replaceable reservoir comprising a weakly buffered acidic solution of a reducing agent, one or more fluid pathways comprising the component, and a network of connection channels linking the reservoirs and the fluid pathway to enable the alkaline solution and the acidic solution to combine with the component in order to label the component by reacting the component with the alkaline solution and the acidic solution.

Device and a method for labelling a component

A fluidic system is provided. The system comprises: a rigid housing (), a plurality of flexible reagent containers () contained within the housing (); wherein each reagent container () has a connection port () through which a reagent can flow, in use, on the application of pressure. The system further comprises a single pressure source () configured to apply pressure to the interior of the rigid housing (); a microfluidic device configured to analyse one or more fluids provided from the plurality of reagent containers; and a plurality of channels () configured to transfer fluid from the plurality of reagent containers () to the microfluidic device. The ratio of resistances provided by a combination of the connection ports and the plurality of channels dictates the ratio of flow rates of the reagents. The claimed system allows for an accurate control of the various reagent flow rates while minimizing fluctuations in the relative flow rates.

Reagent cartridge

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Sean Devenish