Patent ID: 6713023
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: B01J,B82Y,C40B,Y10T

Abstract:
A flow device comprising:(a) a housing comprising a housing chamber, (b) an opening in said housing adapted for insertion of a support into said housing chamber, (c) a sealing member movably mounted in said housing chamber and adapted to engage said support to form a reagent chamber between a surface of said support and a surface of said sealing member, (d) a mechanism for moving said sealing member within said housing chamber, (e) a mechanism adapted to engage and hold said support, during said insertion, on a surface opposite said surface engaged by said sealing member and, in cooperation with said mechanism of step (d), to move said support engaged by said sealing member within said housing chamber, (f) an inlet in fluid communication with said reagent chamber and (g) an outlet in fluid communication with said reagent chamber.