Fluid interface to receive removable container

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10934155-B2
Application number	US-201916587678-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2019
Priority date	Sep 9, 2015
Publication date	Mar 2, 2021
Grant date	Mar 2, 2021

Abstract

A fluidic interconnect includes a first interface including a liquid port, a gas port, and a cradle; a second interface including a liquid port, a gas port, and a swing bar to engage the cradle, a weight of a container attached to one of the first or second interfaces to drive the liquid port of the first interface into connection with the liquid port of the second interface and the gas port of the first interface into connection with the gas port of the second interface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of connecting a container to an instrument, the method comprising:
applying a swing bar of a container to a cradle of an instrument interface, wherein
the instrument includes a panel and the instrument interface to engage the container, the instrument interface including a liquid port, a gas port, and the cradle, the cradle disposed further from the panel than the liquid port of the instrument interface; and
the container including a container interface including a liquid port, a gas port, and the swing bar to engage the cradle, the container to swing toward the panel around a pivot formed when the swing bar engages the cradle to connect the liquid port of the instrument interface to the liquid port of the container interface and the gas port of the instrument interface to the gas port of the container interface; and

applying gas through the gas port to drive liquid from the container through the liquid ports into the instrument.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising swinging the container into a recess of the panel to engage connectors of the instrument interface to a counter structure of the container interface.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the container further includes a filter in fluid communication with the liquid port of the container interface, the method further including filtering a liquid within the container.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the container further includes a sipper internal to the container and attached to the liquid port of the second interface.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising a filter attached to an end of the sipper distal from the liquid port of the container.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the liquid port of the container interface is centrally axial disposed within a sealing ring.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the gas port of the container interface is disposed between the liquid port and the sealing ring.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the container interface further includes a counter structure and the instrument interface includes a recess to receive the counter structure.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the counter structure is disposed adjacent the liquid port on an opposite side of the liquid port from the swing bar.

Assignees

• Life Technologies Corp

Inventors

• Roswech Todd
• Schultz Jonathan
• Ho Chun

Classifications

• B01L3/523 Primary

  with means for closing or opening · CPC title

• B01L2200/0689

  Sealing · CPC title

• B01L2200/0684

  Venting, avoiding backpressure, avoid gas bubbles · CPC title

• B01L2200/026

  Fluid interfacing between devices or objects, e.g. connectors, inlet details · CPC title

• B01L2300/043

  Hinged closures · CPC title