US 11,883,825 B2
Cartridge and system for analyzing body liquid
Noga Salomon, Haifa (IL); Kfir Oved, Hof HaCarmel (IL); Yana Khalfin, Haifa (IL); Omer Nahum Katzenelson, Atlit (IL); Amir Gelman, Kibbutz Nir-David (IL); Moran Brouk Rudich, M.P. Misgav (IL); Roy Navon, Tel-Aviv (IL); Assaf Cohen-Dotan, Natania (IL); Eran Eden, Haifa (IL); Salit Tzaban, Nofit (IL); Arnon Zangvil, Tel Aviv-Jaffa (IL); Ofer Halbreich, Tel-Aviv (IL); Matthew Fenwick, Mount Waverley (AU); Adrian Charles Ian Scott-Murphy, Surrey Hills (AU); Matthew Hou-Pou Yeung, Nunawading (AU); James William Luther, Milan (IT); Barbara Tornaghi, Monza (IT); Andrea Besana, Seveso (IT); and Thomas Sanelli Crugnale, Lysterfield (AU)
Assigned to MeMed Diagnostics Ltd., Tirat HaCarmel (IL)
Appl. No. 16/760,546
Filed by MeMed Diagnostics Ltd., Tirat HaCarmel (IL)
PCT Filed Sep. 2, 2018, PCT No. PCT/IL2018/050972
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 30, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/087176, PCT Pub. Date May 9, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/694,083, filed on Jul. 5, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/581,728, filed on Nov. 5, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/580,496, filed on Nov. 2, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0290037 A1, Sep. 17, 2020
Int. Cl. B01L 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/10 (2006.01); A61B 5/15 (2006.01)
CPC B01L 3/50853 (2013.01) [G01N 35/0098 (2013.01); G01N 35/0099 (2013.01); G01N 35/10 (2013.01); A61B 5/150022 (2013.01); B01L 2300/044 (2013.01); B01L 2400/06 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00851 (2013.01); G01N 2035/103 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cartridge device for analyzing a body liquid, the cartridge comprising:
at least one disposable pipette tip;
a first member having a plurality of wells for performing assays; and
a second member, connected to said first member, and having a compartment holding said at least one disposable pipette tip;
wherein said second member is hingedly connected to said first member in a manner that when said first member and said second member are held horizontally, said at least one disposable pipette tip is also horizontal, and when said hingedly connected second member is rotated downwards relative to said horizontally held first member, said compartment of said second member holds said at least one disposable pipette tip in a vertical orientation.