Title:
SAMPLE PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2018/126098
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The disclosure features methods, fluid delivery platforms, and apparatus for preparing a sample on a substrate that includes a substrate handler configured to move a substrate between a first position and a second position, and a platform positioned so that when the substrate is in the second position, the platform faces the substrate, where the platform includes a fluid delivery area having a second surface formed from a hydrophilic material for which a water contact angle is 40 degrees or less, and a first surface facing the substrate when the substrate is in the second position, formed from a hydrophobic material for which a water contact angle is 100 degrees or more.
Inventors:
ERGEZEN ERTAN (US)
CONROY STEPHEN (US)
OOSTERBROEK RIJK EDWIN (CH)
CHERUBINI CLAUDIO (CH)
CONROY STEPHEN (US)
OOSTERBROEK RIJK EDWIN (CH)
CHERUBINI CLAUDIO (CH)
Application Number:
PCT/US2017/068883
Publication Date:
August 02, 2018
Filing Date:
December 29, 2017
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS HEMATOLOGY INC (US)
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS INC (US)
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH (DE)
HOFFMANN LA ROCHE (CH)
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS INC (US)
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH (DE)
HOFFMANN LA ROCHE (CH)
International Classes:
B01L3/02; B01L9/00; G01N1/30; G01N1/31; G01N35/00
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2015051295A1 | 2015-04-09 |
Foreign References:
| US20120108461A1 | 2012-05-03 | |||
| US20040206399A1 | 2004-10-21 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
POULIN, Peter et al. (US)
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