Fluidic system for reagent delivery to a flow cell

摘要

A fluidic system that includes a reagent manifold comprising a plurality of channels configured for fluid communication between a reagent cartridge and an inlet of a flow cell; a plurality of reagent sippers extending downward from ports in the manifold, each of the reagent sippers configured to be placed into a reagent reservoir in a reagent cartridge so that liquid reagent can be drawn from the reagent reservoir into the sipper; at least one valve configured to mediate fluid communication between the reservoirs and the inlet of the flow cell. The reagent manifold can also include cache reservoirs for reagent re-use.

主权项

1. A fluidic system for delivering reagents from a reagent cartridge to a flow cell comprising:
a reagent manifold comprising a manifold body comprising a solid material through which a plurality of channels pass, wherein the plurality of channels is configured to fluidly connect a reagent cartridge to an inlet of a flow cell, wherein one or more of the channels in the manifold comprises a cache reservoir; a plurality of reagent sippers attached to the manifold body and extending downward from ports in the manifold, each of the reagent sippers configured to be placed into a reagent reservoir in a reagent cartridge so that liquid reagents can be drawn from a plurality of the reagent reservoirs into the sippers; at least one valve configured to mediate fluid communication through the plurality of reagent sippers, then through the channels and then through the inlet of the flow cell; and a detection apparatus configured to detect nucleic acid features in the flow cell.