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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2023
Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Rohan Kurse, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Douglas B. Dority, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Pradeep Shivalingappa Magadum, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kavya Umachandran, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Koua Vang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Film seal assemblies that seal one or more reagents within a sample cartridge, which allow for single lid cartridge designs. Such film seal assemblies can include one or more layers, a bottom-most layer that permanently seals with a sample cartridge having multiple chambers for one or more reagents, and top-most layer that releasably seals vent opening(s) in the film seal assembly and is removable by the end user. This configuration allows use of a single lid, which can be integrally formed with cartridge body or a separate component attached atop the cartridge body. The film seal assembly can include peelable liner(s) or can releasably attached to an underside of the single lid. Such film assemblies can include multiple layers that include a polypropylene layer for permanently sealing to a rigid propylene cartridge body and polyester top layers for releasably and hermetically sealing with a liner or the lid.