Thermo Scientific appliedbiosystems SeqStudio Flex Series User Manual page 410

Chapter 13 Maintain the Instrument
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Maintenance wizard procedures
Remove Bubbles—Locate and remove bubbles
WARNING! SHARP The electrodes on the load-end of the capillary array have small, blunt ends that
can lead to piercing injury.
1. Examine the fluid pathway from the polymer pouch through the pump channels, pump chamber,
array port, and inlet to the Anode Buffer Container (ABC).
2. Ensure that all bubbles are removed from the fluidic pathway in the following locations:
• Pump channels (Figure 60)
• Anode channels (Figure 61)
3. Tap an option:
• If bubbles are present, tap Remove bubbles.
Wait ~2 minutes for the remove bubbles procedure to complete.
• If no bubbles are present, tap All bubbles are gone.
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Figure 60 Examine pump channels for bubbles (the left image includes bubbles, the right image does not
include bubbles)
To anode channels
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Dotted lines are shown above and to the left of channels that can contain bubbles
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