公开(公告)号：US11988597B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-21

申请号：US17424200

申请日：2019-01-31

Applicant: RQMICRO AG

Inventor： Daniel Schaffhauser ,  Laurent Dellmann ,  Jonathan Perraudin ,  Julien Langouët

IPC: G01N21/05 ,  B01L3/00

CPC classification number: G01N21/05 ,  B01L3/502715 ,  B01L2200/025 ,  B01L2300/0609 ,  B01L2300/0654 ,  B01L2300/0663 ,  G01N2201/02

Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a cartridge (1) comprising a channel (1a) along which a sample fluid can flow; one or more elements (3, 4) which are configured to manipulate light in a predefined manner, and wherein said one or more elements (3, 4) are located in a predefined position relative to the channel (1a). There is further provided an assembly which comprises said cartridge (1) and an optical device (5) which can emit light; and a method of aligning the optical device (5) over the channel (1a) of the cartridge (1) using said one or more elements (3, 4) so that when the optical device (5) emits light it will be incident on any sample fluid provided in the channel (1).