Fluid control and processing system
CA 2419862 C · Owner: Dority, Douglas B. · Inventors: Dority, Douglas B.
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Embodiments of the invention facilitate processing of a fluid sample according to different protocols using the same apparatus for instance, to determine , the presence or absence of an analyte in the sample. In a specific embodiment a fluid control and processing system for controlling fluid flow among a plurality of chambers comprises a body including a fluid sample processing region continuously coupled fluidicly with a fluid displacement chamber (50). The fluid displacement chamber is depressurizable to draw fluid into the fluid displacement chamber and pressurizable to expel fluid from the fluid displacement chamber. The body includes a plurality of external ports (42,46). The …
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- Filed July 26, 2001 and granted June 25, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 26, 2021.
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