Sample multiprocessing
CA 2569601 C · Owner: Iquum, Inc. · Inventors: Lemieux, Bertrand; Chen, Shuqi; Chen, Lingjun
Overview
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A sample processing cartridge may include a plurality of segments arranged in an array at least two rows long and two columns wide. Each segment may be defined by at least one wall of the sample cartridge fluidly isolated from , adjacent segments at least in part by at least one breakable seal or by at least one permanent seal, so expandable as to receive a volume of fluid expelled from another segment, and so compressible as to contain substantially no fluid when so compressed. At least two adjacent segments of at least one row of the array may be aligned along a longitudinal axis of the row and have substantially the same height along a latitudinal axis of the row. At least two …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed June 7, 2005 and granted October 21, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 7, 2025.
- Certificates of supplementary protection extend only drug patents, and it isn't classified as one.
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