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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2014
Applicant:
Cyvek, Inc., Wallingford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Martin A. Putnam, Cheshire, CT (US);
Jeffrey T. Branciforte, Hartford, CT (US);
Charles O. Stanwood, Durham, CT (US);
Assignee:
CyVek, Inc., Wallingford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/00029 (2013.01); B01L 3/502738 (2013.01); G01N 21/6458 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00286 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00522 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00585 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00596 (2013.01); B01L 3/502707 (2013.01); B01L 2200/021 (2013.01); B01L 2200/025 (2013.01); B01L 2200/028 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0631 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0636 (2013.01); B01L 2300/087 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0816 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0838 (2013.01); B01L 2300/1805 (2013.01); B01L 2400/049 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0487 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0655 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00039 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00108 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00752 (2013.01);
Abstract
An operating and reading instrument for performing an assay employing a portable microfluidic assay cartridge, the instrument comprising a translatable table under automated control, the translatable table carrying a receiving region for the portable cartridge and carrying a port system connectable to the cartridge that includes at least one remotely automated valve carried by the translatable table, the valve arranged to apply pressurized flowable substance at selected times to the cartridge while the cartridge is on the translatable table.