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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2012
Applicants:
Nigel Thornton Hopley White, Dorking, GB;
Steven Edward Liebold, Palatine, IL (US);
Gary Vincent Millard, Lisle, IL (US);
Inventors:
Nigel Thornton Hopley White, Dorking, GB;
Steven Edward Liebold, Palatine, IL (US);
Gary Vincent Millard, Lisle, IL (US);
Assignee:
PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/1004 (2013.01); G01N 35/1016 (2013.01); G01N 35/1095 (2013.01);
Abstract
Certain embodiments described herein are directed to devices and system that can be used to fill a sample cell. In some examples, the system can be configured with a pressure device configured to provide a negative pressure to accelerate filling of the cell with the sample. In some embodiments, the negative pressure can be used to fill a flow cell at a selected fill rate.