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Analyzing biological probes

  • US 20050112587A1
  • Filed: 11/25/2003
  • Published: 05/26/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An analyzer for reading probes comprising:

  • a housing;

    a slide carriage mounted for movement within the housing;

    a slide disposed on the slide carriage;

    a plurality of probes disposed on the slide in a probe pattern, each probe for generating a probe signal to indicate prior exposure to a predetermined substance or for not generating a probe signal to indicate the absence of prior exposure to the predetermined substance;

    a detector for detecting probe signals from a plurality of probes located in a first pattern on the slide;

    the probe pattern being denser than the first pattern and being configured in a shape corresponding to the probe pattern so that the detector can sense multiple subsets of the probes within a probe pattern on the slide; and

    a drive mechanism for producing relative movement between the detector and the slide, the slide and detector moving relatively from a first position, in which the detector reads a first subset of probes within a probe pattern, to a second position in which the detector reads a second subset of probes within the probe pattern.

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