MODULAR NANO AND MICROSCALE SENSORS
First Claim
1. An assay apparatus for sensing at least one characteristic of a target, comprising:
- a plurality of electronic microplates comprising a plurality of sensors;
an electronics layer for communicating with an output device; and
one or more of disconnectable interconnects that communicatively connect one or more of the plurality of sensors with the electronics layer;
wherein the plurality of electronic microplates are removably affixed to the electronics layer via the one or more of disconnectable interconnects.
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Abstract
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention disclose a modular testing assay. According to various embodiments of the present invention, the sensor arrays, or microplates, are removably attached to a substrate. In some embodiments, the electrical connection between the sensors of the sensor array and the substrate provide for the removal of one sensor array or microplate with another or similar sensor array. The sensor arrays can be aligned using various types of alignment devices or the substrate can be configured to allow various alignments and spatial orientations of one or more sensor arrays.
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17 Claims
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1. An assay apparatus for sensing at least one characteristic of a target, comprising:
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a plurality of electronic microplates comprising a plurality of sensors; an electronics layer for communicating with an output device; and one or more of disconnectable interconnects that communicatively connect one or more of the plurality of sensors with the electronics layer; wherein the plurality of electronic microplates are removably affixed to the electronics layer via the one or more of disconnectable interconnects. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A measurement system for measuring at least one characteristic of a target, comprising:
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an assay apparatus comprising; an electronics layer; a plurality of sensor arrays removably installed on the electronics layer, wherein the plurality of sensor arrays comprise a plurality of sensors; and one or more disconnectable interconnects that communicatively connect one or more of the plurality of sensors with the electronics layer, wherein the plurality of sensors of the plurality of sensor arrays are removably affixed to the electronics layer via the one or more disconnectable interconnects; and a detector device communicatively connected to the electronics layer that determines a type of sensor of at least one of the plurality of sensors. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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