US 12,420,284 B2
Liquid sample loading
Bradley Kent Drews, Poway, CA (US); Gudrun Stengel, San Diego, CA (US); James Christopher Blake, La Jolla, CA (US); Mohammed Kafeel Ahamed, Carlsbad, CA (US); Michael Steven Becker, Del Mar, CA (US); Michael Dangelo, San Diego, CA (US); Mark J. Nibbe, San Diego, CA (US); Daniel L. Fuller, Cambridge (GB); and Oliver Jon Miller, Cambridge (GB)
Assigned to Illumina, Inc., San Diego, CA (US); and Illumina Cambridge Limited, Cambridge (GB)
Filed by Illumina, Inc., San Diego, CA (US); and Illumina Cambridge Limited, Essex (GB)
Filed on Apr. 29, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/649,768.
Application 18/649,768 is a division of application No. 17/507,254, filed on Oct. 21, 2021, granted, now 11,975,328.
Application 17/507,254 is a division of application No. 16/127,882, filed on Sep. 11, 2018, granted, now 11,179,724, issued on Nov. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/564,466, filed on Sep. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0278245 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B01L 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC B01L 3/50853 (2013.01) [B01L 3/502715 (2013.01); B01L 9/523 (2013.01); B01L 9/527 (2013.01); B01L 2200/025 (2013.01); B01L 2200/027 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0684 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0689 (2013.01); B01L 2300/041 (2013.01); B01L 2300/047 (2013.01); B01L 2300/048 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0681 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0819 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0829 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for dispensing fluid into a fluid cartridge comprising:
placing the fluid cartridge on a cartridge support surface of a docking console such that a positioning device of the docking console engages the fluid cartridge and biases the fluid cartridge or a component of the fluid cartridge into a predetermined position with respect to the cartridge support surface;
placing a manifold having one or more wells on a manifold retention bracket of the docking console such that the manifold is positioned above the fluid cartridge;
moving the manifold retention bracket from a release position to a locking position with respect to the manifold to hold the manifold against the fluid cartridge such that the one or more wells are fluidically connected to the fluid cartridge as a result of the fluid cartridge or the component of the fluid cartridge being in the predetermined position with respect to the cartridge support surface;
dispensing fluid into the one or more wells of the manifold such that the fluid is dispersed into the fluid cartridge;
moving the manifold retention bracket from the locking position to the release position with respect to the manifold; and
removing the manifold and the fluid cartridge from the docking console.