Analytical system based on porous material for highly parallel single cell detection
First Claim
1. A flow-through chip made of a porous material and including a multiplicity of continuous channels, a diameter of the channels being between 0.1 and 100 μ
- m so that there is space for a single eukaryotic cell and wherein the channels are closeable from a top and bottom of the flow-through chip in a variable manner, but not independently of one another, by movable cover plates, made of at least one of polymeric material and membranes, including a seal arranged between the plates which, with a voltage being applied, serves as a heating element for heating the channels to carry out a polymerase chain reaction, and wherein liquid reagents are passable through the channels, and including at least one of;
monoclonal antibodies, on inside walls of the channels, to separate statistically one desired cell per channel; and
immobilized capture molecules, on inside walls of the channels, to bind at least one of desired cells, desired target molecules, desired target proteins and desired gene sequences.
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Abstract
At least one embodiment of the present invention relates to analytical systems based on porous material, for example silicon, for highly parallel single cell detection. At least one embodiment of the present invention relates in particular to porous silicon having a multiplicity of continuous channels and/or to the use thereof at least for cell separation, for cell lysis and purification of target molecules, for amplification of nucleic acid molecules or for detection of desired target molecules. At least one embodiment of the present invention also relates to an analytical method using porous silicon. Monoclonal antibodies for cell separation and immobilized capture molecules for cell lysis and purification are attached to the inside walls of the channels.
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1. A flow-through chip made of a porous material and including a multiplicity of continuous channels, a diameter of the channels being between 0.1 and 100 μ
- m so that there is space for a single eukaryotic cell and wherein the channels are closeable from a top and bottom of the flow-through chip in a variable manner, but not independently of one another, by movable cover plates, made of at least one of polymeric material and membranes, including a seal arranged between the plates which, with a voltage being applied, serves as a heating element for heating the channels to carry out a polymerase chain reaction, and wherein liquid reagents are passable through the channels, and including at least one of;
monoclonal antibodies, on inside walls of the channels, to separate statistically one desired cell per channel; and
immobilized capture molecules, on inside walls of the channels, to bind at least one of desired cells, desired target molecules, desired target proteins and desired gene sequences. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
- m so that there is space for a single eukaryotic cell and wherein the channels are closeable from a top and bottom of the flow-through chip in a variable manner, but not independently of one another, by movable cover plates, made of at least one of polymeric material and membranes, including a seal arranged between the plates which, with a voltage being applied, serves as a heating element for heating the channels to carry out a polymerase chain reaction, and wherein liquid reagents are passable through the channels, and including at least one of;
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7. An analytical method using a flow-through chip made of porous material including a multiplicity of channels with a diameter of between 0.1 and 100 μ
- m, comprising at least one of;
a step for cell separation in the channels;
a step for cell lysis and purification of target molecules in the channels;
a step for amplification of nucleic acid molecules in the channels; and
a step for detection of desired target molecules in the channels. - View Dependent Claims (8)
- m, comprising at least one of;
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