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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2001
Bruno Colin, Marcy l'Etoile, FR;
Cécile Paris, Marcy l'Etoile, FR;
Bernard Limon, Rignat, FR;
Patrick Broyer, Villeurbanne, FR;
Charles Rogers, Halifax, MA (US);
Bruno Colin, Marcy l'Etoile, FR;
Cécile Paris, Marcy l'Etoile, FR;
Bernard Limon, Rignat, FR;
Patrick Broyer, Villeurbanne, FR;
Charles Rogers, Halifax, MA (US);
Biomerieux S.A., Marcy l'Etoile, FR;
Abstract
A reaction card () having a body, a front surface () and a rear surface () defined by an edge (), at least one inlet (and/or) and at least one outlet (and/or), connected by a network of channels () constituting at least one reaction path for at least one fluid which is directed via valves (toand/or); each valve includes a flexible film () which can be deformed to allow fluid passage, the film being fixed on the card's rear surface at a peripheral indentation of an assembly of channels associated with the valve; the card includes channels flush with at least one of its surfaces, the channels being of two different cross-sections, a small cross-section serving as a reaction compartment; each front or rear surface is delimited by at least one film (and/or).