Method and apparatus for displaying capillary electrophoresis data
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1. A method of displaying capillary electrophoretograms, the method including:
- (a) electrophoresing a biological fluid in a capillary, the fluid comprising a plurality of biological constituents;
(b) passing a light beam through the fluid at a predetermined position into the capillary;
(c) detecting with respect to time a plurality of quantitative absorbance values related to the absorbance of the light beam by the biological constituents of the fluid in the capillary;
(d) retaining the detected absorbance values in a memory device;
(e) selecting a range of color characteristic values;
(f) selecting a range of absorbance values;
(g) correlating the range of color characteristic values to the range of absorbance values;
(h) relating each of the retained absorbance values to the range of absorbance values;
(i) selecting a color characteristic value from the range of color characteristic values for each retained absorbance value; and
(j) displaying the selected color characteristic values as a stripe pattern including a plurality of stripes, the stripe pattern having an axis related to time and the stripes being spaced from each other on the axis, the color characteristic values of the stripes correlating to the retained absorbance values with respect to time, wherein (i) the stripes qualitatively represent the concentration of the biological constituents in the fluid, and (ii) different stripes have the same or have different color characteristic values.
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A method and apparatus for displaying capillary electrophoresis data wherein absorbance with respect to time is related to graphic values within a graphic range or scale of values and selected graphic values are displayed with respect to time. The selected graphic values may comprise a range hues, color saturation and/or brightness or may represent a monochromatic scale. The resulting representation may be horizontally aligned with the corresponding electrophoretogram absorbance values to provide both a quantitative value (electrophoretogram absorbance values) and qualitative (graphic stripe) display.
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1. A method of displaying capillary electrophoretograms, the method including:
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(a) electrophoresing a biological fluid in a capillary, the fluid comprising a plurality of biological constituents; (b) passing a light beam through the fluid at a predetermined position into the capillary; (c) detecting with respect to time a plurality of quantitative absorbance values related to the absorbance of the light beam by the biological constituents of the fluid in the capillary; (d) retaining the detected absorbance values in a memory device; (e) selecting a range of color characteristic values; (f) selecting a range of absorbance values; (g) correlating the range of color characteristic values to the range of absorbance values; (h) relating each of the retained absorbance values to the range of absorbance values; (i) selecting a color characteristic value from the range of color characteristic values for each retained absorbance value; and (j) displaying the selected color characteristic values as a stripe pattern including a plurality of stripes, the stripe pattern having an axis related to time and the stripes being spaced from each other on the axis, the color characteristic values of the stripes correlating to the retained absorbance values with respect to time, wherein (i) the stripes qualitatively represent the concentration of the biological constituents in the fluid, and (ii) different stripes have the same or have different color characteristic values. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of displaying capillary electrophoresis electrophoretograms, the method including:
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(a) concurrently performing electrophoresis of biological fluids in a plurality of capillaries, each of the biological fluids comprising a plurality of biological constituents; (b) passing a light beam through the fluid at a predetermined position into each capillary; (c) detecting with respect to time a plurality of quantitative absorbance values related to the absorbance of the light beam by the biological constituents of the fluid in each of the capillaries; (d) retaining the detected absorbance values for each capillary in a memory device; (e) selecting a range of color characteristic values for each capillary; (f) selecting a range of absorbance values for each capillary; (g) correlating the range of color characteristic values to the range of absorbance values for each capillary; (h) relating each of the retained absorbance values to the range of absorbance values for each capillary; (i) selecting a color characteristic value from the range of color characteristic values for each retained absorbance value for each capillary; and (j) displaying the selected color characteristic values for each of the capillaries as a stripe pattern including a plurality of stripes, each stripe pattern having an axis related to time and the stripes being spaced from each other on the axis, the color characteristic values of the stripes correlating to the retained absorbance values with respect to time, wherein (i) the stripes qualitatively represent the concentration of the biological constituents in the fluid, and (ii) different stripes have the same or have different color characteristic values. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for displaying capillary electrophoresis measurements, the method including:
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(a) electrophoresing a biological liquid in a capillary, the liquid comprising a plurality of biological constituents; (b) passing a light beam through the liquid at a predetermined position into the capillary; (c) detecting with respect to time the quantitative absorbance of the light beam by the biological constituents of the liquid during at least a portion of the electrophoresising time; (d) retaining the detected absorbance in a memory device; (e) selecting a range of color characteristic values; (f) selecting a range of absorbance values; (g) correlating the range of color characteristic values to the range of absorbance values; (h) relating the retained absorbance detected at predetermined times to the range of absorbance values; (i) selecting a color characteristic value from the range of color characteristic values for each predetermined time; and (j) displaying the selected color characteristic values as a stripe pattern including a plurality of stripes, the stripe pattern having an axis related to time and the stripes being spaced from each other on the axis, the color characteristic values of the stripes correlating to the retained absorbance with respect to time, wherein (i) the stripes qualitatively represent the concentration of the biological constituents in the fluid, and (ii) different stripes have the same or have different color characteristic values. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A capillary electrophoresis apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
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(a) means for electrophoresing a biological fluid in a capillary, the fluid comprising a plurality of biological constituents; (b) means for passing a light beam through the fluid at a predetermined position into the capillary; (c) means for detecting with respect to time a plurality of quantitative absorbance values related to the absorbance of the light beam by the biological constituents of the fluid in the capillary; (d) means for retaining the detected absorbance values; (e) means for selecting at least one range of color characteristic values; (f) means for selecting a range of absorbance values; (g) means for correlating the range of color characteristic values to the range of absorbance values; (h) means for relating each of the retained absorbance values to the range of absorbance values; (i) means for selecting a color characteristic value from the range of color characteristic values for each retained absorbance value; and (j) means for displaying the selected color characteristic values as a stripe pattern including a plurality of stripes, the stripe pattern having an axis related to time and the stripes being spaced from each other on the axis, the color characteristic values of the stripes correlating to the retained absorbance values with respect to time, wherein (i) the stripes qualitatively represent the concentration of the biological constituents in the fluid, and (ii) different stripes have the same or have different color characteristic values. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. An electrophoresis apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
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(a) means for concurrently performing electrophoresis of biological fluids in a plurality of capillaries, the fluids comprising a plurality of biological constituents; (b) means for passing a light beam through the fluid at a predetermined position into each capillary; (c) means for detecting with respect to time a plurality of quantitative absorbance values related to the absorbance of the light beam by the biological constituents of the fluid in each of the capillaries; (d) means for retaining the detected absorbance values; (e) means for selecting at least one range of color characteristic values for each capillary; (f) means for selecting a range of absorbance values for each capillary; (g) means for correlating the range of color characteristic values to the range of absorbance values for each capillary; (h) means for relating each of the retained absorbance values to the range of absorbance values for each capillary; (i) means for selecting a color characteristic value from the range of color characteristic values for each retained absorbance value for each capillary; and (j) means for displaying the selected color characteristic values for each of the capillaries as a stripe pattern including a plurality of stripes, each stripe pattern having an axis related to time and the stripes being spaced from each other on the axis, the color characteristic values of the stripes correlating to the retained absorbance values with respect to time, wherein (i) the stripes qualitatively represent the concentration of the biological constituents in the fluid, and (ii) different stripes have the same or have different color characteristic values. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. An electrophoresis apparatus, the apparatus including:
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(a) means for electrophoresing a biological liquid in a capillary, the liquid comprising a plurality of biological constituents; (b) means for passing a light beam through the liquid at a predetermined position into the capillary; (c) means for detecting with respect to time the quantitative absorbance of the light beam by the biological constituents of the liquid during at least a portion of the electrophoresising time; (d) means for retaining the detected absorbance; (e) means for selecting at least one range of color characteristic values; (f) means for selecting a range of absorbance values; (g) means for correlating the range of color characteristic values to the range of absorbance values; (h) means for relating the retained absorbance values detected at predetermined times to the range of absorbance values; (i) means for selecting a color characteristic value from the range of color characteristic values for each predetermined time; and (j) means for displaying the selected color characteristic values as a stripe pattern including a plurality of stripes, the stripe pattern having an axis related to time and the stripes being spaced from each other on the axis, the color characteristic values of the stripes correlating to the retained absorbance with respect to time, wherein (i) the stripes qualitatively represent the concentration of the biological constituents in the fluid, and (ii) different stripes have the same or have different color characteristic values. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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63. An electrophoresis apparatus for use with reagent segments wherein the reagent segments have a plurality of wells, the apparatus comprising:
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(a) a plurality of capillaries, each capillary having a first end and a second end; (b) means for simultaneously positioning a first end of each of the capillaries into selected distinct ones of the reagent segment wells; (c) a manifold defining a common conduit including means for receiving the second end of each of the capillaries into the common conduit and thereby establishing a common liquid path between the second ends of the capillaries; (d) an electrode in the manifold; (e) means for passing a light beam through a biological liquid at a predetermined position into each capillary, the liquid comprising a plurality of biological constituents; (f) means for detecting with respect to time the quantitative absorbance of the light beam by the biological constituents of the liquid in each capillary during at least a portion of the electrophoresising time; (g) means for retaining the detected absorbance; (h) means for selecting at least one range of color characteristic values for each capillary; (i) means for selecting a range of absorbance values for each capillary, (j) means for correlating the range of color characteristic values to the range of absorbance values for each capillary; (k) means for relating each of the retained absorbance values detected at predetermined times to the range of absorbance values for each capillary; (l) means for selecting a color characteristic value from the range of color characteristic values for each capillary for each predetermined time; and (m) means for displaying the selected color characteristic values for each of the capillaries as a stripe pattern including a plurality of stripes, each stripe pattern having an axis related to time and the stripes being spaced from each other on the axis, the color characteristic values of the stripes correlating to the retained absorbance values with respect to time, wherein (i) the stripes qualitatively represent the concentration of the biological constituents in the fluid, and (ii) different stripes have the same or have different color characteristic values. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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69. A method of displaying capillary electrophoresis electrophoretograms including:
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(a) electrophoresing a biological fluid in a capillary, the fluid comprising a plurality of biological constituents; (b) passing a light beam through the fluid at a predetermined position into the capillary; (c) detecting with respect to time a plurality of quantitative values related to absorbance characteristics of the biological constituents of the fluid in the capillary; (d) retaining the detected values in a memory device; (e) selecting a range of color characteristic values; (f) selecting a range of absorbance values; (g) correlating the range of color characteristic values to the range of absorbance values; (h) relating each of the retained quantitative values to the range of absorbance values; (i) selecting a color characteristic value from the range of color characteristic values for each detected value; and (j) displaying the selected color characteristic values as a stripe pattern including a plurality of stripes, the stripe pattern having an axis related to time and the stripes being spaced from each other on the axis, the color characteristic values of the stripes correlating to the retained values with respect to time, wherein (i) the stripes qualitatively represent the concentration of the biological constituents in the fluid, and (ii) different stripes have the same or have different color characteristic values. - View Dependent Claims (70, 71, 72, 73)
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