Mass sensor method for measuring analytes in a sample
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1. A measurement system for determining the amount of at least one analyte in a liquid sample suspected of containing such analytes comprising:
- a plurality of piezoelectric surface transverse wave sample devices comprising a receptor layer attached to the surface thereof, which receptor layer contains receptor molecules which are complementary to the analytes and which device generates data relating to the mass change on the surface of the device arising from contacting the device with the sample;
at least one piezoelectric surface transverse wave reference device comprising a receptor layer having little or no affinity for the analyte(s) and which generates data as to the interferences arising from contacting the device with the liquid sample; and
a measurement instrument capable of correlating the data from the sample and reference devices so as to provide data on at least one of the presence and amount of the analytes in the liquid sample.
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Abstract
A system for accurate and precise measurements of analyte(s) in a system. The measurement system comprises piezoelectric surface wave sample devices, at least one piezoelectric surface wave reference device, and the measurement instrument.
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18 Claims
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1. A measurement system for determining the amount of at least one analyte in a liquid sample suspected of containing such analytes comprising:
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a plurality of piezoelectric surface transverse wave sample devices comprising a receptor layer attached to the surface thereof, which receptor layer contains receptor molecules which are complementary to the analytes and which device generates data relating to the mass change on the surface of the device arising from contacting the device with the sample; at least one piezoelectric surface transverse wave reference device comprising a receptor layer having little or no affinity for the analyte(s) and which generates data as to the interferences arising from contacting the device with the liquid sample; and a measurement instrument capable of correlating the data from the sample and reference devices so as to provide data on at least one of the presence and amount of the analytes in the liquid sample. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for determining at least the amount and presence of at least one analyte in a liquid sample suspected of containing such analytes comprising:
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(a) contacting the liquid sample with a measurement system for determining the amount of analyte in a liquid sample suspected of containing the analyte which comprises; a plurality of piezoelectric surface transverse wave sample devices comprising a receptor layer attached to the surface thereof which receptor layer contains receptor molecules which are complementary to the analytes and which device generates data relating to the mass change on the surface of the device arising from contacting the device with the sample; at least one piezoelectric surface transverse wave reference device comprising a receptor layer having little or no affinity for said analytes and which generates data as to the interference arising from contacting the device with the liquid sample; and a measurement instrument capable of correlating the data from the sample and reference devices so as to provide data on at least one of the presence and amount of the analyte in the liquid sample; (b) obtaining data from both the sample and reference devices; and (c) determining at least one of the presence and concentration of the analyte in the liquid sample.
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7. A chemical analyzer apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of piezoelectric surface transverse wave sample device means for, when in contact with a chemical sample, varying a characteristic of an applied radio-frequency signal in accordance with particular properties of said chemical sample; piezoelectric surface transverse wave reference device means for, when in contact with said chemical sample, varying said characteristic of an applied radio-frequency signal in accordance with extraneous influences other than said particular properties of said chemical sample, and in accordance with said particular properties of said chemical sample only to a degree much less than said sample device; means for applying a radio-frequency signal to said plurality of sample device means and to said reference device means, said means for applying including means for switching a single radio-frequency signal from one of said sample device means to another of said sample device means; means for selecting a radio-frequency signal varied by one of said sample device means, said means for selecting including means for switching between radio-frequency signals varied by respective ones of said device means; and means for combining a radio-frequency signal varied by said reference device means with a selected radio-frequency signal varied by said one of said sample device means to produce an output signal containing information regarding at least one of said particular properties of said chemical sample. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A chemical analyzer comprising:
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piezoelectric surface transverse wave sample device means for, when in contact with a chemical sample, varying a characteristic of an applied radio-frequency signal in accordance with a particular property of said chemical sample; piezoelectric surface transverse wave reference device means for, when in contact with said chemical sample, varying said characteristic of an applied radio-frequency signal in accordance with extraneous influences other than said particular properties of said chemical sample, and in accordance with said particular properties of said chemical sample only to a degree much less than said sample device; means for applying a radio-frequency signal to said sample device means and to said reference device means, said means for applying including means for switching a single radio-frequency signal from said sample device means to said reference device means; means for selecting a radio-frequency signal varied by one of said sample device means and said reference device means, said means for selecting including means for switching between radio-frequency signals varied by respective ones of said sample device means and said reference device means; and means for combining a radio-frequency signal varied by said reference device means with a selected radio-frequency signal varied by said one of said sample device means to produce an output signal containing information regarding said particular property of said chemical sample; and a single fluid flow path through which a fluid sample flows across one of said sample device means and said reference device means and then across another of said sample device means and said reference device means.
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16. A chemical sensor for testing for a plurality of analytes in a fluid sample, comprising:
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a piezoelectric substrate; and a plurality of piezoelectric surface transverse wave sample devices formed on said piezoelectric substrate, each of said piezoelectric surface wave sample devices having a different receptor layer attached to a surface thereof, each receptor layer containing receptor molecules complementary to a different one of said plurality of analytes.
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17. A measurement system for testing for an analyte in a liquid sample, comprising:
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a plurality of piezoelectric surface transverse wave sample devices each having a receptor layer attached to the surface thereof, each receptor layer containing receptor molecules which are complementary to the same analyte, each device generating data relating to the mass change on the surface of the device arising from contacting the device with the sample; at least one piezoelectric surface transverse wave reference device comprising a receptor layer having little or no affinity for the analyte and which generates data as to the interferences arising from contacting the device with the liquid sample; and a measurement instrument capable of correlating the data from the sample and reference devices and statistically evaluating data from said plurality of piezoelectric surface wave sample devices so as to provide data on at least the presence and amount of the analyte in the liquid sample. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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