Flexible tape-based chemistry apparatus
First Claim
1. An apparatus for applying a chemistry to samples of interest, comprising:
- a flexible tape mounted on an arrangement of guide rollers, wherein samples of interest are immobilized to respective local areas along a common solid surface of at least one side of the flexible tape;
one or more read heads in relation to the flexible tape;
a plurality of reservoirs along a path of the flexible tape, wherein the reservoirs comprise liquids comprising chemical reagents for performing a select chemistry on the samples of interest immobilized to the respective local areas along the common solid surface of the flexible tape; and
a drive system for driving at least one of the guide rollers to advance the flexible tape into and out of the reservoirs.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for applying a chemistry to samples of interest are provided. The apparatus and method include a flexible tape mounted on an arrangement of guide rollers. Samples of interest (e.g., clusters of DNA templates) are bound to at least one surface of the flexible tape. The method and apparatus further comprise one or more read heads in relation to the flexible tape and a plurality of reservoirs along a path of the flexible tape. The reservoirs comprise liquids comprising chemical reagents for performing the chemistry on the samples of interest bound to the at least one surface of the flexible tape. The method and apparatus further comprise a drive system for driving at least one of the guide rollers to advance the flexible tape into and out of the reservoirs.
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30 Claims
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1. An apparatus for applying a chemistry to samples of interest, comprising:
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a flexible tape mounted on an arrangement of guide rollers, wherein samples of interest are immobilized to respective local areas along a common solid surface of at least one side of the flexible tape; one or more read heads in relation to the flexible tape; a plurality of reservoirs along a path of the flexible tape, wherein the reservoirs comprise liquids comprising chemical reagents for performing a select chemistry on the samples of interest immobilized to the respective local areas along the common solid surface of the flexible tape; and a drive system for driving at least one of the guide rollers to advance the flexible tape into and out of the reservoirs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An apparatus for applying a chemistry to samples of interest, comprising:
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a flexible tape mounted on an arrangement of guide rollers, wherein samples of interest are immobilized to respective local areas along a common solid surface of at least one side of the flexible tape; one or more read heads in relation to the flexible tape; a plurality of reservoirs along a path of the flexible tape, wherein the reservoirs comprise liquids comprising chemical reagents for performing a select chemistry on the samples of interest immobilized to the respective local areas along the common solid surface of the flexible tape; and a drive system for driving at least one of the guide rollers to advance the flexible tape into and out of the reservoirs; wherein at least one of the guide rollers is configured to be submerged within one of the reservoirs as the flexible tape is advanced through the one reservoir.
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