Patent ID: 7998435

Claim:
A filling system for receiving a sample comprising: an output layer having a plurality of capillaries, each of said plurality of capillaries having an inlet and an outlet, said output layer having at least one hydrophobic feature disposed thereon separating a first grouping of said plurality of capillaries from a second grouping of said plurality of capillaries; and a surface wipe assembly comprising: a base supporting said output layer; and a funnel assembly engaging said base and moveable relative to said base, said funnel assembly having a funnel member sized to receive said sample, said funnel member having an outlet for delivering a fluid bead of said sample along a top surface of said output layer and in fluid communication with each of said plurality of capillaries such that a portion of said fluid bead is drawn within at least some of the plurality of capillaries in response to capillary force, said funnel assembly and said output layer being moveable relative to each other between a first position and a second position to draw said fluid bead across said top surface.