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Assay system

  • US 8,545,756 B2
  • Filed: 09/14/2012
  • Issued: 10/01/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An assay cartridge comprising detachable base and cap members;

  • at least one well being disposed in said base member and a membrane-tipped pipette positionable in at least one said well, wherein said pipette is closed at one end by a liquid permeable membrane, said membrane being planar and angled relative to an axis of the pipette, and wherein said well comprises a base or side wall through which radiation from the membrane may pass when the pipette is in the well;

    said cap member being arranged to carry said membrane tipped pipette and wherein said well is sealed at its upper end by a frangible seal wherein said cap member is provided with a cutter arranged to pierce said seal.

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