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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2020
Mgi Holdings Co., Limited, Shenzhen, CN;
Sz-Chin Lin, San Jose, CA (US);
Jian Gong, Danville, CA (US);
Yiwen Ouyang, San Jose, CA (US);
Yan-You Lin, Fremont, CA (US);
MGI Holdings Co., Limited, Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
A method and device for displacing fluid from a reagent cartridge () into a microfluidic device () and for loading the fluid into the reagent cartridge (). The reagent cartridge () may include a cartridge body and a pipette array with pipette tips () to engage inlets of a microfluidics or other cartridge, wherein the pipette tips () correspond in position to the plurality of inlets () of the microfluidic device (). Fluid may be loaded into or displaced from the microfluidic device () by a system of plungers (). The reagent cartridge may alternatively include blisters () having fluid reservoirs and dispensing tips (), each dispensing tip () including a pathway () that is fluidly coupled to a blister (). The fluid may be displaced from or loaded into the blister () via the dispensing tip (). A deformable seal () may be overlaid on the blisters () to seal the volumes of fluid within the blisters (), and may be deformed to displace the fluid.