Patent ID: 9677993
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: B01L,B04B,C12Q,G01N,G06T,G16C,H04N

Claim:
1. A method for handling a bodily fluid sample, the method comprising: receiving in an instrument a cartridge, wherein the cartridge contains the bodily fluid sample, wherein: engaging the first open end of the first tip with the nozzle of the pipette; aspirating at least a portion of the bodily fluid sample into the engaged first tip through the second open end of the first tip; pressing with the pipette the second open end of the engaged first tip containing the at least a portion of the bodily fluid sample into the tip seal such that the second open end of the first tip is capped with and sealed by the tip seal; inserting with the pipette the sealed first tip into the bucket of the centrifuge and disconnecting the sealed first tip from the pipette nozzle; and centrifuging the sealed first tip in the bucket of the centrifuge.