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

Claim 16:
17. An apparatus, comprising:
a system, including:
a cartridge receptacle having an opening;
a pump drive assembly; and
a controller coupled to the pump drive assembly;

a fluidic cartridge receivable through the opening and within the cartridge receptacle and carrying a flow cell, the fluidic cartridge, comprising:
a reservoir;
chambers defined by a body of the fluidic cartridge, each chamber having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet;
a deformable material covering the chambers; and
fluidic lines that fluidly couple the reservoir, the flow cell, and the chambers,
wherein 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 at least one of the fluidic lines couples the chambers and comprises 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 at an angle to the first fluidic line portion and to the inlet of a second one of the chambers; and
wherein the pump drive assembly, the chambers, and the deformable material form a linear peristaltic pump, and wherein the controller is adapted to cause the pump drive assembly to interface with the deformable material to cause the linear peristaltic pump to pump fluid through one or more of the fluidic lines.