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Device, system and method for processing a sample

  • US 9,839,909 B2
  • Filed: 07/27/2007
  • Issued: 12/12/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device for the processing of a sample, comprising;

  • a location apparatus,a processing chamber for receiving the sample having an opening,one or more reagent chambers, each reagent chamber having an associated opening defined in the location apparatus, the processing chamber being movable relative to the one or more reagent chambers to enable sequential communication between the processing chamber and each reagent chamber, such that each reagent chamber communicates with the processing chamber when its associated opening is disposed in overlapping relationship with the processing chamber opening; and

    a sealing apparatus comprising a seal element which forms a circumferential seal around the opening of the processing chamber and the associated opening of each reagent chamber, which seals the processing chamber and the one or more reagent chambers from the external environment throughout movement of the processing chamber relative to the one or more reagent chambers, and throughout the communication between the processing chamber and the one or more reagent chambers, so that the sample cannot escape from the device during processing of the sample.

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