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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024
Filed:
May. 02, 2019
Illumina, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Cyril Delattre, San Diego, CA (US);
Minsoung Rhee, San Diego, CA (US);
Jeffrey Liu, San Diego, CA (US);
Wesley Cox-Muranami, San Diego, CA (US);
Paul Crivelli, San Diego, CA (US);
Jennifer Foley, San Diego, CA (US);
Darren Segale, San Diego, CA (US);
Jay Taylor, San Diego, CA (US);
Matthew Hage, San Diego, CA (US);
Philip Paik, San Diego, CA (US);
Erik Allegoren, San Diego, CA (US);
David Hertzog, San Diego, CA (US);
Alex Moroz-Smietana, San Diego, CA (US);
Xiaoxiao Ma, San Diego, CA (US);
Tsukasa Takahashi, San Diego, CA (US);
Brandon Westerberg, San Diego, CA (US);
Illumina, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
An instrument includes a reagent management system. The reagent management system includes a plurality of reagent wells, each reagent well operable to contain a reagent of a plurality of reagents positioned therein. The reagent management system is operable to select a flow of reagent from one of the plurality of reagents. A flexible connection includes a laminate stack and includes a first flexible channel in fluid communication with the reagent management system. The first flexible channel is operable to route the flow of reagent therethrough. A flow cell includes a flow channel in fluid communication with the first flexible channel. The flow channel is operable to route the flow of reagent over analytes positioned in the flow channel. The flexible connection enables the flow cell to be moved by the instrument relative to a fixed reference point in the instrument.