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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2004
Applicant:
Timothy K. Nadler, Framingham, MA (US);
Inventor:
Timothy K. Nadler, Framingham, MA (US);
Assignee:
Applied Biosystems, LLC., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fluid processing device is provided that enables the controlled flow of a liquid sample along a fluid processing pathway through various sample-containment regions and is free of fluid flow blockages or valves along the processing pathway. A system is also provided for processing the device and includes a rotatable platen and alignment features that can hold the fluid processing device in two or more different orientations on the rotatable platen. A method is also provided for processing a sample, in the device, with the system.