Rotatable cartridge for measuring a property of a biological sample

US9808801B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Christoph Boehm · Viernheim, DE
• Sascha Lutz · Neustadt, DE
• Thomas Dolbinow · Dresden, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 4, 2016
• Grant date: Nov 7, 2017
• Expiry date: Nov 4, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01L2400/0683
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A cartridge for an automatic analyzer, formed from a cover and carrier structure, is operable for rotation about an axis and has at least one container with at least one reservoir containing at least one fluid. Each container may rotate about the axis within a cavity and relative to the carrier structure. A piercing structure opens a seal of each reservoir when the container rotates relative to the carrier structure. Each container and each cavity has a frictional element that mate and cause friction. Each container has an engaging surface which mates with an engaging surface of a rotational actuator that applies torque to rotate and open the container via the piercing structure. A fluidic structure of the cartridge processes a biological sample into a processed biological sample and enables via a measurement structure measurement of the processed biological sample. A duct is between the cavity and the fluidic structure.