US 12,257,577 B2
Fluidic autosampler and incubator
Sean Hart, Keswick, VA (US); Colin Hebert, Charlottesville, VA (US); Margaret McCoy, Charlottesville, VA (US); Shweta Krishnan, Malden, MA (US); Christopher Field, Arlington, VA (US); Zachary Evans, Charlottesville, VA (US); Adam Lubrano, Waynesboro, VA (US); and Nathan LaPuma, Palmyra, VA (US)
Assigned to Lumacyte, Inc., Charlottesville, VA (US)
Filed by Lumacyte, Inc., Charlottesville, VA (US)
Filed on Sep. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/470,639.
Application 17/470,639 is a continuation of application No. 16/378,067, filed on Apr. 8, 2019, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/654,335, filed on Apr. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0072541 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B01L 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC B01L 3/502715 (2013.01) [B01L 3/50273 (2013.01); B01L 3/502784 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for automated analysis of one or more liquid or particulate samples comprising:
a) a sample vessel configured to contain the one or more liquid or particulate samples, and
b) an assembly of components that enable processing of the one or more liquid or particulate samples for analytical assessment by a fluidic or particle-based instrument;
wherein the assembly of components comprises a fluid handling component that is configured to mix and deliver the one or more liquid or particulate samples and comprises:
i) an outer tube that fits within the sample vessel, and
ii) one or more inner tubes disposed within the outer tube, wherein the one or more inner tubes are configured to deliver the sample of the one or more liquid or particulate samples;
wherein mixing occurs outside of the one or more inner tubes other for sample delivery.