Patent ID: 9409174
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: B01L,C12N,C12Q,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A system for fluid processing, comprising: an input well; an output well; a channel component including (a) a plate including a bottom surface at which the plate is attached to each of the wells, and a top surface having a substantially horizontal microchannel formed therein, (b) a substantially vertical input tube projecting into the input well from the bottom surface of the plate, and (c) a cover attached to the top surface of the plate and providing a top wall of the microchannel; and at least one vacuum/pressure source operatively connected to the channel component; wherein the system is configured to receive a sample-containing fluid in the input well such that the sample-containing fluid is in contact with a bottom end of the input tube and is retained, with assistance from gravity, out of contact with the microchannel until a pressure differential is created with the at least one vacuum/pressure source that drives at least a portion of the sample-containing fluid from the input well via the input tube, and through the microchannel, and into the output well.