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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2018
Stmicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Davide Cucchi, Romano di Lombardia, IT;
Marco Angelo Bianchessi, Melzo, IT;
Alessandro Cocci, Rovellasca, IT;
Lillo Raia, Desio, IT;
Lorenzo Bruno, Masera, IT;
Nadia Serina, Monza, IT;
Marco Cereda, Segrate, IT;
Danilo Pirola, Bussero, IT;
Pietro Ferrari, Piacenza, IT;
Francesco Ferrara, Monteroni di Lecce, IT;
Alessandro Paolo Bramanti, Maglie, IT;
STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Abstract
A sample treatment and molecule analysis cartridge is configured to be mounted in a treatment machine vertically. The cartridge has a sample inlet opening, a fluidic inlet, and a fluidic outlet. The cartridge houses an extraction chamber extending vertically from the sample inlet opening and connected to the fluidic inlet; a waste chamber extending vertically, alongside the extraction chamber; and a collector extending along the extraction chamber and the waste chamber and having a smaller height than the extraction chamber and the waste chamber. A fluidic circuit connects together the extraction chamber, the waste chamber, the collector, the fluidic inlet, and the fluidic outlet, and is configured to connect the fluidic outlet to vent openings of the extraction chamber, the waste chamber, and the collector, and to connect the bottom end of the extraction chamber to the fluidic inlet, the waste chamber, and the collector.