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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2014
Genmark Diagnostics, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
David Walter Wright, Littleton, CO (US);
Dominic Aiello, Denver, CO (US);
Peter Kroehl, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Jon Faiz Kayyem, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Darren Scott Gray, Del Mar, CA (US);
GENMARK DIAGNOSTICS, INC., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a multiplex fluid processing cartridge includes a sample well, a deformable fluid chamber, a mixing well with a mixer disposed therein, a lysis chamber including a lysis mixer, an electrowetting grid for microdroplet manipulation, and electrosensor arrays configured to detect analytes of interest. An instrument for processing the cartridge is configured to receive the cartridge and to selectively apply thermal energy, magnetic force, and electrical connections to one or more discrete locations on the cartridge and is further configured to compress the deformable chamber(s) in a specified sequence.