Molecular detection apparatus and method
First Claim
1. A molecular detection apparatus comprising:
- a disk-shaped support member;
a first sample-processing device supported by the disk-shaped support member, the first sample-processing device having an elongate portion oriented along a first radial axis of the disk-shaped support member;
a second sample-processing device supported by the disk-shaped support member, the second sample-processing device having an elongate portion oriented along a second radial axis of the disk-shaped support member, wherein the second radial axis is transverse to the first radial axis; and
a cover mountable to the disk-shaped support member to enclose the first sample-processing device and the second sample-processing device.
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Abstract
An apparatus comprises a disk-shaped support member (20) supporting a first sample-processing device (28) and a second sample-processing device (30). The first sample-processing device (28) has an elongate portion oriented along a first radial axis (32) of the support member (20). The second sample-processing device (30) has an elongate portion oriented along a second radial axis (34) transverse to the first radial axis (32). A sample-processing device can comprise a plurality of conduits (150) interconnected in a tree topology to couple an inlet (152) with a plurality of outlets (154). The inlet (152) is located at a root vertex and each of the outlets (154) is located at a corresponding leaf vertex of the tree topology. Each of a plurality of molecular detection chambers (156) is coupled to a respective one of the outlets (154). A method of using the apparatus is disclosed.
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7 Claims
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1. A molecular detection apparatus comprising:
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a disk-shaped support member; a first sample-processing device supported by the disk-shaped support member, the first sample-processing device having an elongate portion oriented along a first radial axis of the disk-shaped support member; a second sample-processing device supported by the disk-shaped support member, the second sample-processing device having an elongate portion oriented along a second radial axis of the disk-shaped support member, wherein the second radial axis is transverse to the first radial axis; and a cover mountable to the disk-shaped support member to enclose the first sample-processing device and the second sample-processing device. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A molecular sensing method comprising the steps of:
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providing a first region having a first plurality of molecular probes; providing a second region in communication with the first region; applying a plurality of molecules, a second plurality of molecular probes, and ligase to the first region; communicating at least one unligated probe of the second plurality of molecular probes from the first region to the second region; sensing at the first region for at least one of the first plurality of molecular probes ligated to at least one of the second plurality of molecular probes; and sensing at the second region for the at least one unligated probe. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7)
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