公开(公告)号：US20220152244A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-19

申请号：US17602831

申请日：2020-04-09

Applicant: RANDOX LABORATORIES LTD

Inventor： Peter Fitzgerald ,  David Sloan ,  Martin Reid ,  Stuart Jackson

IPC: A61L2/10 ,  G01N35/00

Abstract: There is provided a sterilisation assembly for a molecular diagnostic assay analyse. The assembly comprising: an enclosure having a passage therethrough, the passage being arranged in use to allow an assay sample set to pass through the enclosure, the enclosure defining a barrier adapted in use to restrict fluid communication across the enclosure to communication through the passage; and a decontaminator located within the passage, the decontaminator is arranged in use to sterilise contamination in the passage.

公开(公告)号：US12208397B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-28

申请号：US17265441

申请日：2019-08-02

Applicant: RANDOX LABORATORIES LTD

Inventor： Paul Courtney ,  Martin Reid ,  Stuart Jackson ,  John Lamont ,  Ivan McConnell ,  Peter Fitzgerald

IPC: B01L9/00 ,  B01L1/00 ,  B25J9/02

Abstract: There is provided a pipette tip disposal assembly. The assembly comprises a receiving element adapted to support an end of at least one pipette tip, the at least one pipette tip being toppled in use from the receiving element along a first direction; and a container positioned to receive the at least one toppled pipette tip, the at least one pipette tip falling towards a base of the container on being received by the container. The base of the container has a first linear dimension aligned with the first direction corresponding to the length of a pipette tip.

公开(公告)号：US20200166465A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-28

申请号：US16632270

申请日：2018-07-18

Applicant: Randox Laboratories Ltd

Inventor： Marc Wharry ,  P. Evans ,  Stuart Jackson

IPC: G01N21/76 ,  B01L3/00

Abstract: There is provided a chemiluminescence detector sample enclosure. The enclosure comprises a first interface member forming part of a chemiluminescence detector and having a first sealing element and a second interface member comprising a plurality of sample holders, each sample holder having a second sealing element. The first interface member is engagable with and moveable between sample holder subsets of the plurality of sample holders, engagement with a respective sample holder subset providing engagement of the first interface member with each sample holder of the respective sample holder subset and relative movement of the first and second interface members providing movement between sample holder subsets; and when the first interface member is engaged with each respective sample holder, the first sealing element and the respective second sealing element are adapted to interact so as to form a light restricting seal between the first interface member and said sample holder.

公开(公告)号：US09707561B2

公开(公告)日：2017-07-18

申请号：US15038024

申请日：2014-11-19

Applicant: Randox Laboratories Ltd.

Inventor： Jonathan Matear ,  Robson Pang ,  Stuart Jackson ,  David Sloan

IPC: G01N35/10 ,  G01N35/04 ,  F04B9/04 ,  B01L3/00 ,  G01N1/38 ,  G01N35/00

CPC classification number: B01L3/50273 ,  B01L3/502715 ,  B01L3/527 ,  B01L2200/027 ,  B01L2200/04 ,  B01L2200/0605 ,  B01L2200/0621 ,  B01L2200/10 ,  B01L2200/16 ,  B01L2300/0816 ,  B01L2300/123 ,  B01L2400/0478 ,  B01L2400/0481 ,  B01L2400/0487 ,  F04B9/042 ,  G01N35/00029 ,  G01N35/1002 ,  G01N2035/00148 ,  G01N2035/0486

Abstract: There is provided an assay fluid delivery system comprising an array of fluid reservoirs (62), each of which is selectively actuatable to deliver a respective fluid to a fluid channel structure; and a fluid delivery control system (50) comprising a plurality of reciprocally mounted actuators, each associated with a respective reservoir and being movable between a retracted position and an actuating position at which it causes fluid to be delivered from the corresponding reservoir, a plurality of cams (22) with different profiles mounted on a common, rotatable cam shaft (6), each cam being engaged with a respective one of the actuators whereby rotation of the cams causes movement of the corresponding actuators between the retracted and actuating positions, and a motor coupled to the cam shaft for rotating the cam shaft, wherein the cams are shaped relative to one another so as to cause the corresponding actuators to actuate the reservoirs in a predetermined sequence and for predetermined respective times.

公开(公告)号：US11988607B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-21

申请号：US16632270

申请日：2018-07-18

Applicant: Randox Laboratories Ltd

Inventor： Marc Wharry ,  P. Evans ,  Stuart Jackson

IPC: B01L3/00 ,  G01N21/76

CPC classification number: G01N21/76 ,  B01L3/50855 ,  B01L2200/02 ,  B01L2200/0689

Abstract: There is provided a chemiluminescence detector sample enclosure. The enclosure comprises a first interface member forming part of a chemiluminescence detector and having a first sealing element and a second interface member comprising a plurality of sample holders, each sample holder having a second sealing element. The first interface member is engagable with and moveable between sample holder subsets of the plurality of sample holders, engagement with a respective sample holder subset providing engagement of the first interface member with each sample holder of the respective sample holder subset and relative movement of the first and second interface members providing movement between sample holder subsets; and when the first interface member is engaged with each respective sample holder, the first sealing element and the respective second sealing element are adapted to interact so as to form a light restricting seal between the first interface member and said sample holder.

公开(公告)号：US11623214B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-11

申请号：US16772593

申请日：2018-12-07

Applicant: Randox Laboratories Ltd

Inventor： Stuart Jackson

IPC: B01L3/00

Abstract: A fluidic card assembly (1) comprises an inlet (20) for introducing a fluid to the fluidic card assembly (1), a turbulent flow portion (30) downstream of the inlet (20), the turbulent flow portion (30) comprising a widening fluid channel (31) whereby a fluid introduced via the inlet (20) channel undergoes turbulence, and a laminar flow portion (40) downstream of the turbulent flow portion (30). The laminar flow portion (40) is configured to allow fluid passing from the turbulent flow portion (30) into the laminar flow portion (40) to establish a laminar flow pattern, and is configured to house a biochip (44) such that a fluid in the laminar flow portion (40) may be in contact with the biochip (44).

公开(公告)号：US20220193685A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-23

申请号：US17602897

申请日：2020-04-08

Applicant: RANDOX LABORATORIES LTD

Inventor： Proinnsias McGleenan ,  P Evans ,  Stuart Jackson ,  Martin Reid ,  Peter Fitzgerald

IPC: B01L9/00

Abstract: A pipette tip carrier assembly suitable for storing elongate pipette tips in a biochemical analyser is described. The pipette tip carrier assembly comprises one or more holding elements each adapted to hold, in use, a respective pipette tip oriented such that the elongate dimension of the held pipette tip is parallel to a first axis. The pipette tip carrier assembly also includes a light source arranged to produce, at a position distal to the one or more holding elements along the first axis, light directed towards each of the one or more holding elements so as to be intercepted by one or more pipette tips held in 10 use by the one or more holding elements.

公开(公告)号：USD815752S1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-17

申请号：US29510481

申请日：2014-11-28

Applicant: Randox Laboratories Ltd.

Designer： Stuart Jackson ,  Ivan McConnell ,  John Lamont ,  Peter Fitzgerald

公开(公告)号：US20170225160A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-10

申请号：US15519096

申请日：2015-10-15

Applicant: Randox Laboratories Ltd.

Inventor： Stuart Jackson ,  Martin Crockard ,  Steve Haswell

IPC: B01L3/00 ,  F16K99/00

CPC classification number: B01L3/5027 ,  B01L3/5023 ,  B01L3/502738 ,  B01L2300/0887 ,  B01L2400/0644 ,  F16K99/0001 ,  F16K99/0013 ,  F16K2099/0084

Abstract: According to the invention there is a microfluidic chip 1 that includes at least two layers 10 forming a stack of layers, each layer of which has at least one flow channel 14; a bore 16 extending through the layers and communicating with a plurality of flow channels; and a valve 20, which has a shaft 22 with a recess 222 in a side of the shaft for fluid to flow through. The shaft is rotatably mounted in the bore, and has a first position in which the recess is aligned with each of at least two flow channels of the plurality of flow channels thereby providing a flow path between said at least two flow channels, and a second position in which the recess is unaligned with at least one of said at least two flow channels the flow path between said at least two flow channels thereby being closed. This allows a fluid flow path between two flow channels to be open and closed by rotation of the shaft so that fluid in the microfluidic chip can be redirected to allow the chip to have greater capability and by using a minimal amount of space on the chip to do so.

公开(公告)号：US11602757B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-14

申请号：US16341436

申请日：2017-10-13

Applicant: Randox Laboratories Ltd.

Inventor： Stuart Jackson ,  Stephen Peter Fitzgerald ,  Ivan McConnell ,  John Lamont

IPC: B01F33/452 ,  C12N15/10 ,  B03C1/01 ,  B03C1/28 ,  B01F101/23

Abstract: There is provided a method of extracting material from a fluid method of extracting material from a fluid, the fluid being held within a fluid chamber. The method comprises drawing, with a magnetic field generating system, at least one magnetically susceptible member through the fluid around a closed path between at least three points in the chamber, said at least one member being adapted to bind to material in fluid in the chamber. The at least three points are arranged relative to each other in a shape having at least two dimensions, the magnetic field generating system being configured to move the at least on magnetically susceptible member directly between the at least three points, material in the fluid binding to the at least one magnetically susceptible member when it comes into contact with the at least one member as it moves through the fluid.