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

Claim 21:
22. An apparatus, comprising:
a body comprising a surface having a mating surface and defining chambers, adjacent chambers being fluidically coupled by a corresponding fluidic line, each chamber has an inlet and an outlet formed as apertures through the surface, each inlet being vertically offset relative to a corresponding outlet; and
a deformable material coupled to the mating surface and covering the chambers,
wherein a distance between the inlet and the mating surface is less than a distance between the outlet and the mating surface, and
wherein the deformable material and the chambers form a linear peristaltic pump, wherein the deformable material covering each of the chambers is movable between a first position and a second position, in the first position, the deformable material sealingly engaging the inlet of a corresponding chamber, in the second position, the deformable material sealingly engaging the outlet of a corresponding chamber, and
wherein the fluidic line 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 and to the inlet of a second one of the chambers.