SAMPLE PROCESSING CARTRIDGE AND METHOD OF PROCESSING AND/OR ANALYSING A SAMPLE UNDER CENTRIFUGAL FORCE

摘要

The present invention relates to a sample processing cartridge (10) for carrying out processing under centrifugal force acting in at least two directions as the orientation of cartridge relative to centrifugal force is changed, the cartridge comprising: a first cavity (18) adapted to contain a sample; and a second cavity (22) in fluid communication with the first cavity, wherein the first and second cavities are arranged such that the sample in the first cavity is moved therefrom to the second cavity as a centrifugal force acting on the cartridge is changed from a first direction (30) to a second direction (36), the first cavity is elongated perpendicular to the centrifugal force acting in the first direction, and the second cavity is more shallow than the first cavity and more extended in the direction of the centrifugal force acting in the second direction than the first cavity is extended in the direction of the centrifugal force acting in the first direction.. The present invention also relates to a method of processing and/or analysing a sample under centrifugal force.