Fluid sensing and control in a fluidic analyzer

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8518328
APP PUB NO 20070148039A1
SERIAL NO

11306402

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Instrument-cartridge interfaces for fluidic analyzers that have an instrument and a removable cartridge are disclosed. For example, and in one illustrative embodiment, the instrument may include a needle that is adapted to penetrate a septum on a removable cartridge. In another illustrative embodiment, the instrument may include a plunger that is adapted to deform a deformable membrane on a removable cartridge. In yet another illustrative embodiment, the instrument may include a nozzle that is adapted to mate and seal with a flow channel on a removable cartridge. Techniques for detecting the flow rate in a flow channel on a removable cartridge, as well as the position of fluid in a flow channel of a removable cartridge, are also disclosed.

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HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC855 S MINT STREET CHARLOTTE NC 28202

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Bardell, Ron L St. Louis Park, US 16 865
Padmanabhan, Aravind Plymouth, US 72 3523
Rezachek, Tom Cottage Grove, US 12 175

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