@patent {padmanabhan_united_2013, title = {United {States} {Patent}: 8518328 - {Fluid} sensing and control in a fluidic analyzer}, number = {8518328}, year = {2013}, abstract = {Instrument-cartridge interfaces for fluidic analyzers that have an instrument and a removable cartridge are disclosed. For example, and in one illustrative embodiment, the instrument may include a needle that is adapted to penetrate a septum on a removable cartridge. In another illustrative embodiment, the instrument may include a plunger that is adapted to deform a deformable membrane on a removable cartridge. In yet another illustrative embodiment, the instrument may include a nozzle that is adapted to mate and seal with a flow channel on a removable cartridge. Techniques for detecting the flow rate in a flow channel on a removable cartridge, as well as the position of fluid in a flow channel of a removable cartridge, are also disclosed.}, url = {http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2\&Sect2=HITOFF\&p=1\&u=\%2Fnetahtml\%2FPTO\%2Fsearch-bool.html\&r=8\&f=G\&l=50\&co1=AND\&d=PTXT\&s1=\%22Bardell\%3B+Ron\%22.INNM.\&OS=IN/\%22Bardell;+Ron\%22\&RS=IN/\%22Bardell;+Ron\%22}, author = {Padmanabhan, Aravind and Rezachek, Tom and Bardell, Ron L.} } @patent {padmanabhan_united_2012, title = {United {States} {Patent}: 8182767 - {Needle}-septum interface for a fluidic analyzer}, number = {8182767}, year = {2012}, month = {may}, abstract = {Instrument-cartridge interfaces for fluidic analyzers that have an instrument and a removable cartridge are disclosed. For example, and in one illustrative embodiment, the instrument may include a needle that is adapted to penetrate a septum on a removable cartridge. In another illustrative embodiment, the instrument may include a plunger that is adapted to deform a deformable membrane on a removable cartridge. In yet another illustrative embodiment, the instrument may include a nozzle that is adapted to mate and seal with a flow channel on a removable cartridge. Techniques for detecting the flow rate in a flow channel on a removable cartridge, as well as the position of fluid in a flow channel of a removable cartridge, are also disclosed.}, url = {http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2\&Sect2=HITOFF\&p=1\&u=\%2Fnetahtml\%2FPTO\%2Fsearch-bool.html\&r=13\&f=G\&l=50\&co1=AND\&d=PTXT\&s1=\%22Bardell\%3B+Ron\%22.INNM.\&OS=IN/\%22Bardell;+Ron\%22\&RS=IN/\%22Bardell;+Ron\%22}, author = {Padmanabhan, Aravind and Rezachek, Tom and Bardell, Ron L.} } @patent {padmanabhan_united_2009, title = {United {States} {Patent}: 7485153 - {Fluid} free interface for a fluidic analyzer}, number = {7485153}, year = {2009}, month = {feb}, abstract = {Instrument-cartridge interfaces for fluidic analyzers that have an instrument and a removable cartridge are disclosed. For example, and in one illustrative embodiment, the instrument may include a needle that is adapted to penetrate a septum on a removable cartridge. In another illustrative embodiment, the instrument may include a plunger that is adapted to deform a deformable membrane on a removable cartridge. In yet another illustrative embodiment, the instrument may include a nozzle that is adapted to mate and seal with a flow channel on a removable cartridge. Techniques for detecting the flow rate in a flow channel on a removable cartridge, as well as the position of fluid in a flow channel of a removable cartridge, are also disclosed.}, url = {http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2\&Sect2=HITOFF\&p=1\&u=\%2Fnetahtml\%2FPTO\%2Fsearch-bool.html\&r=15\&f=G\&l=50\&co1=AND\&d=PTXT\&s1=\%22Bardell\%3B+Ron\%22.INNM.\&OS=IN/\%22Bardell;+Ron\%22\&RS=IN/\%22Bardell;+Ron\%22}, author = {Padmanabhan, Aravind and Rezachek, Tom and Bardell, Ron L. and Bird, Douglas and Fritz, Bernard S.} }