Patent ID: 9228977
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: G01N

Claim Text:
1. A portable electrophoretic capacitive coupled contactless conductivity detection (C 4 D) system for electrophoresis analysis on a microfluidic chip having a channel defined by channel walls, the system comprising: (i) a housing, including a fluidic compartment having a chip stage for receiving the microfluidic chip; (ii) a cartridge detection cell releasably attached to the housing, releasable attachment of the cartridge cell to the housing causing electrical contact between the cartridge cell and the housing, the cartridge cell comprising: first and second emitting electrodes and first and second receiving electrodes; and wherein the first emitting electrode and the first receiving electrode are configured to be positioned adjacent to a first channel wall of said channel walls of the microfluidic chip, and the second emitting electrode and the second receiving electrode are configured to be positioned adjacent to a second channel wall of said channel walls of the microfluidic chip, the second channel wall being opposite the first channel wall; wherein the cartridge cell is releasably attached to an electronic circuit of the housing via a plurality of self latching connectors.