Handheld microarray reader
First Claim
1. An analytical reader comprising:
- an illumination source to illuminate a sample;
a sample retaining stage;
a detector positioned to detect light emitted from an indicia of a sample on said sample stage;
an intensified imaging tube (IIT) interposed between said stage and said detector source to intensify the light emitted from the label; and
a controller to control light modulation at least in part based on a signal from said detector.
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Abstract
A portable, handheld micro-chip array reader capable of responding to selected test species in a field environment. The device incorporates the use of luminescence and/or chemical species in the environment. The solution to the problem of field analysis of trace species is a handheld macro- or micro-array chip-based reader device, which can detect and image small amounts of fluorescence or luminescence emitted from the array chips. The device utilizes night vision technology to effect trace detection of light emanating from array chips (nucleotide or protein. The chips may consist of immobilized capture molecules (oligonucleotides or proteins) which facilitate the binding of a target analyte, or, by using individual, spatially separated wells that enable spatially separated amplification or hybridization to occur in any combination of immobilized or aqueous reaction. The night vision technology is able to detect interaction of the target analyte with the capture molecule via the use of a light emitting (fluorescent or luminescent) label or by photon emitting chemical reaction. Both qualitative and quantitative analyses are within the scope of the invention.
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8 Claims
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1. An analytical reader comprising:
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an illumination source to illuminate a sample;
a sample retaining stage;
a detector positioned to detect light emitted from an indicia of a sample on said sample stage;
an intensified imaging tube (IIT) interposed between said stage and said detector source to intensify the light emitted from the label; and
a controller to control light modulation at least in part based on a signal from said detector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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