ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,702, issued on March 18, was assigned to Illumina Inc. (San Diego).
"Flowcell cartridge with floating seal bracket" was invented by David Elliott Kaplan (Carlsbad, Calif.), Anthony John de Ruyter (San Diego), Richard Alan Kelley (San Diego) and Ashish Kumar (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cartridge for use with chemical or biological analysis systems, as well as methods of using the same, is provided. The cartridge may include a floating microfluidic plate that is held in the cartridge using one or more floating support brackets that incorporate gaskets that may seal against fluidic ports on the microfluidic plate. The f...