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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2012
David James Squirrell, Wiltshire, GB;
David James Squirrell, Wiltshire, GB;
Abstract
A delivery apparatus for selectively delivering one or more liquid reagents into a reaction or test chamber (), especially of an assay apparatus, the apparatus comprising: one or more respective storage chambers () for containing the one or more liquid reagents and arranged generally above the reaction or test chamber (); and a plunger element () arranged and operable for insertion into the mouth of a selected storage chamber so as to displace a selected reagent from therewithin into the reaction or test chamber () generally therebelow by gravitational liquid overflow from the mouth of the chamber. The apparatus may conveniently be provided as a discrete delivery unit, with the storage chambers () pretilled with the selected reagents.