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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
May. 28, 2015
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Godefridus Johannes Verhoeckx, Eindhoven, NL;
Toon Hendrik Evers, Eindhoven, NL;
Marlieke Joan Overdijk, Eindhoven, NL;
Monica Scholten, Eindhoven, NL;
Nicole Henrica Maria Smulders, Eindhoven, NL;
Joost Hubert Maas, Eindhoven, NL;
Bernardus Jozef Maria Beerling, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a cartridge () for processing of a liquid sample, for example for the detection of components in a sample of blood. The cartridge comprises a fluidic system with an intake port () leading via an intake capillary channel () to a storage chamber (). Moreover, a feeding capillary channel () leads from the storage chamber () to a detection chamber (). The design of the cartridge () is such that the intake capillary channel () that connects the intake port () to the storage chamber (), has a capillary suction pressure sufficiently high to drive some sample from the intake port to the storage chamber without need of any additional pressure. Furthermore the cartridge a flow control element () adapted to be externally controllable such that the sample can be drawn from the storage chamber () towards the processing chamber () without any active pumping.