METHODS FOR PROVIDING AND DELIVERING AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SEALED CHIP

摘要

The invention provides methods relating methods for environmentally sealing, protecting, and providing analysis chips for processing and analysis. The analysis chips are bonded directly or indirectly to chip carriers which are held within the chambers of an environmental packaging strip. The chambers are sealed with a sealing film such that the chip carriers are extracted using a piercing tool and an extraction tool.

主权项

1. A method of providing an analysis chip comprising:
a) providing a strip having a plurality of sealed chambers, each chamber having a bottom, a top, and sidewalls, the top of each chamber sealed with a sealing film; wherein a chip carrier comprising an analysis chip is disposed within each chamber; b) piercing the sealing layer of at least one of the chambers with a piercing tool; and c) extracting the chip carrier from the chamber with an extraction tool.