Cigua-dart method for detection of ciguatera toxins
First Claim
1. Toxin detection apparatus comprising a housing having a main chamber for receiving a tissue sample, first and second end chambers having areas smaller than an area of the main chamber and communicating with opposite ends of the main chamber, a removable reagent cap for coupling with the first end chamber, a reagent in the reagent cap for expressing on the tissue sample in the chambers, an assay in the second end chamber for assaying substances leached from the tissue sample, and an analyzer for receiving data from the assay and analyzing substances in the tissue sample for detecting toxins.
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Abstract
A device for rapidly collecting tissue samples from organisms serves as a reaction chamber. It includes a solvent used to extract the analyte, a filter, and optional bioconcentrators. The filtered suspension is irradiated with a predetermined wavelength and the emitted, scattered, or reflected photons transmitted to a detector that identifies and quantifies the analyte. The bioconcentrators may consist of antibodies and colloidal metal nanoparticles that enhance emission of Raman signal frequencies by analytes bound to the antibodies. Alternatively, the device may contain only the extraction solvent and a filter.
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- 1. Toxin detection apparatus comprising a housing having a main chamber for receiving a tissue sample, first and second end chambers having areas smaller than an area of the main chamber and communicating with opposite ends of the main chamber, a removable reagent cap for coupling with the first end chamber, a reagent in the reagent cap for expressing on the tissue sample in the chambers, an assay in the second end chamber for assaying substances leached from the tissue sample, and an analyzer for receiving data from the assay and analyzing substances in the tissue sample for detecting toxins.
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9. Toxin detection apparatus comprising a main chamber for receiving a tissue sample, first and second end chambers on opposite ends of the main chamber, a removable reagent cap for coupling with the first end chamber, a reagent in the reagent cap for expressing on the tissue sample in the chambers, an assay in the second end chamber for assaying substances leached from the tissue sample, a detector for receiving data from the assay, analyzing and detecting toxins, and the first end chamber forming an open-ended tissue coring tube, wherein the tissue coring tube is beveled to facilitate sample collection.
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14. Toxin detection apparatus comprising a main chamber for receiving a tissue sample, first and second end chambers on opposite ends of the main chamber, a removable reagent cap for coupling with the first end chamber, a reagent in the reagent cap for expressing on the tissue sample in the chambers, an assay in the second end chamber for assaying substances leached from the tissue sample, a detector for receiving data from the assay, analyzing and detecting toxins, and wherein the first end chamber comprises an open-ended tissue coring tube for collecting tissue sample, wherein the tissue coring tube further comprises bevelled tips.
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