Apparatus for microfluidic processing and reading of biochip arrays
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1. A device, comprising:
- (a) a substrate having a chemically selective surface;
(b) a fluidic system disposed on said substrate, said fluidic system comprising;
(i) at least one fluid path in communication with at least a discrete region of said surface, wherein said one fluid path and said discrete region together define a contained sample region on said surface, and (ii) a removable fluidic system portion;
(c) means for fastening the fluidic system to the substrate;
(d) means for engaging a first detection system, wherein the device is removably insertable into the detection system; and
wherein the first detection system comprises means for interrogating the substrate surface when the fluidic system portion is integrated with the device, and (e) means for engaging a surface-based analytical tool, wherein the surface-based analytical tool comprises means for interrogating the substrate surface as a result of removal of the fluidic system portion.
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Abstract
A method and a device for detecting an analyte, including a substrate having a chemically selective surface; and a fluidic system disposed on the substrate, the manifold having at least one fluid path in communication with at least a discrete region of the surface, wherein the one fluid path and the discrete region together define a contained sample region on the surface. The fluidic system has a removable portion, wherein the removal of the removable portion of the fluidic system renders the discrete region directly interrogatable by a surface-based analytical tool.
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1. A device, comprising:
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(a) a substrate having a chemically selective surface;
(b) a fluidic system disposed on said substrate, said fluidic system comprising;
(i) at least one fluid path in communication with at least a discrete region of said surface, wherein said one fluid path and said discrete region together define a contained sample region on said surface, and (ii) a removable fluidic system portion;
(c) means for fastening the fluidic system to the substrate;
(d) means for engaging a first detection system, wherein the device is removably insertable into the detection system; and
wherein the first detection system comprises means for interrogating the substrate surface when the fluidic system portion is integrated with the device, and(e) means for engaging a surface-based analytical tool, wherein the surface-based analytical tool comprises means for interrogating the substrate surface as a result of removal of the fluidic system portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method for detecting an analyte, comprising:
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providing a substrate having a chemically selective surface, and wherein said substrate is attached with a fluidic system;
delivering a sample comprising an analyte using said fluidic system to at least one sample region on said substrate;
monitoring physicochemical changes of said surface in response to said analyte;
removing a portion of said fluidic system to render a portion of said surface directly interrogatable by a surface based analytical technique; and
detecting physicochemical changes of the surface region. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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58. A method of detecting an analyte, comprising:
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providing a device comprising a substrate having a chromatographic surface;
flowing a sample comprising analytes across said surface, whereby analytes are chromatographically separated across, and bound to, said surface; and
detecting the analytes bound to said surface by laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry.
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59. A device for detecting an analyte, comprising:
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a substrate having a chromatographic surface;
means for flowing a sample comprising analytes across said surface;
means for chromatographically separating the analytes across said surface, to form analytes that are chromatographically separated across, and bound to, said surface; and
means for detecting the analytes bound to said surface by laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry.
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60. A method of detecting an analyte, comprising:
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providing a device comprising a substrate and a fluidic manifold disposed on the substrate, said device having an electrophoresis medium on the substrate surface;
electrophoresing a sample comprising analytes through the medium, whereby analytes are electrophoretically separated through the medium;
detecting in real-time the electroporesis of the sample by a surface scanner; and
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further detecting the separated analytes by laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry.
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61. A detection system comprising:
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(a) a device comprising;
(1) a substrate having a chemically selective surface;
(2) a fluidic system disposed on said substrate, said fluidic system comprising;
(i) at least one fluid path in communication with at least a discrete region of said surface, wherein said one fluid path and said discrete region together define a contained sample region on said surface, and (ii) a removable fluidic system portion;
(3) means for fastening the fluidic system to the substrate;
(4) means for engaging a first detection system, wherein the device is removably insertable into the detection system; and
wherein the first detection system comprises means for interrogating the substrate surface when the fluidic system portion is integrated with the device, and(5) means for engaging a surface-based analytical tool, wherein the surface-based analytical tool comprises means for interrogating the substrate surface as a result of removal of the fluidic system portion;
(b) means for interrogating the substrate surface when the fluidic system portion is coupled with the device. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74)
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75. A device, comprising:
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(a) a substrate;
(b) a fluidic system disposed on said substrate, said fluidic system comprising;
(i) at least one fluid path in communication with at least a discrete region of the surface of said substrate, wherein said one fluid path and said discrete region together define a contained sample region on said surface, and (ii) a removable fluidic system portion;
(iii) a remaining portion of the fluidic system that remains after removal of the removable portion, said remaining portion comprising at least one electrostatic and/or pneumatic element;
(c) means for engaging a surface-based analytical tool, wherein the surface-based analytical tool comprises means for interrogating the substrate surface as a result of removal of the fluidic system portion.
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