Patent ID: 11885323
Assignee: ILLUMINA, INC.
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  B | IPC F

Claim 24:
25. An apparatus, comprising:
a reagent cartridge, comprising:
a plurality of reagent reservoirs;
a plurality of dedicated fluidic lines, each of the reagent reservoirs being coupled to a corresponding dedicated fluidic line;
a flow cell;
a common fluidic line coupled to the flow cell and each of the dedicated fluidic lines;
a plurality of valves, each valve to control fluid flow between one of the dedicated fluidic lines and the common fluidic line;
a body including a surface forming depressions along each of the dedicated fluidic lines, each depression having a fluid inlet formed as an aperture through the surface and a fluid outlet formed as an aperture through the surface and being fluidly coupled to at least one other depression; and
a deformable material coupled to the surface of the body and including portions, each portion covering one of the depressions to define chambers,

wherein the portions of the deformable material are movable relative to the depressions between a first position outside of a dimensional envelope of the body and a second position within the dimensional envelope of the body,
wherein the surface of the body includes a mating surface to which the deformable material is coupled, a distance between the inlet and the mating surface is less than a distance between the outlet and the mating surface,
wherein the chambers are coupled via a fluidic line having a first fluidic-line portion and a second fluidic-line portion, the first fluidic-line portion being coupled to the outlet of a first one of the chambers and extending from the outlet toward the mating surface and the second fluidic-line portion being coupled to the first fluidic-line portion and to the inlet of a second one of the chambers.