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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2006
Applicants:
Reuel Van Atta, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Dias Lourenco Francisco, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Reuel Van Atta, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Dias Lourenco Francisco, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 9/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides a reagent reservoir system and disposable reaction cassettes using the same. In one aspect, such system comprises a chamber in which dried reagent, particularly lyophilized reagent, is constrained to remain in a defined region of the chamber by a retaining member that obstructs passage of such reagents to other regions of the chamber where they may escape hydration or activation.