System and method for early detection of alzheimers by detecting amyloid-beta using orbital angular momentum
First Claim
1. An apparatus for measuring a concentration of amyloid-beta within a sample, comprising:
- signal generation circuitry for generating a first signal having an applied first orbital angular momentum signature and applying the first signal to the sample; and
a detector for receiving the first signal after it passes through the sample and determining the concentration of the amyloid-beta within the sample based on a detected second orbital angular momentum signature within the first signal received from the sample, the detector providing an output of the determined concentration to provide an indication of early onset Alzheimer'"'"'s.
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Abstract
An apparatus for measuring a concentration of amyloid-beta within a sample includes signal generation circuitry and a detector. The signal generation circuitry generates a first signal having an applied first orbital angular momentum signature and applies the first signal to the sample. The detector receives the first signal after it passes through the sample and determines the concentration of the amyloid-beta within the sample based on a detected second orbital angular momentum signature within the first signal received from the sample. The detector provides an output of the determined concentration as an indication for determining an early onset of Alzheimer'"'"'s.
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30 Claims
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1. An apparatus for measuring a concentration of amyloid-beta within a sample, comprising:
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signal generation circuitry for generating a first signal having an applied first orbital angular momentum signature and applying the first signal to the sample; and a detector for receiving the first signal after it passes through the sample and determining the concentration of the amyloid-beta within the sample based on a detected second orbital angular momentum signature within the first signal received from the sample, the detector providing an output of the determined concentration to provide an indication of early onset Alzheimer'"'"'s. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus for measuring a concentration of amyloid-beta within a sample, comprising:
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an emitting source for emitting a light beam comprising a plurality of plane waves; orbital angular momentum generation circuitry for receiving the light beam, applying an orbital angular momentum signature to the first signal to provide an orbital angular momentum twisted signal that is applied to the sample; and a detector for receiving the first signal after it passes through the sample and determining the concentration of the amyloid-beta within the sample based on a detected second orbital angular momentum signature within the first signal received from the sample, wherein the second orbital angular momentum signature further comprises a change in an eccentricity of a mode intensity, a shift in a center of gravity of the mode intensity and a rotation of the ellipsoidal intensity output of the mode intensity, further wherein differing signatures indicate different concentrations of the amyloid-beta within the sample. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for detecting and early onset of Alzheimer'"'"'s based upon amyloid-beta concentration, comprising:
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generating a first signal having an orbital angular momentum signature applied thereto; applying the first signal to the sample; receiving the first signal after it passes through the sample; detecting a second orbital angular momentum signature within the received first signal; determining the concentration of amyloid-beta within the sample based on a detected second orbital angular momentum signature within the first signal received from the sample; and determining if the concentration of amyloid-beta provides an indication of an early onset of Alzheimer'"'"'s. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for detecting and early onset of Alzheimer'"'"'s based upon amyloid-beta concentration, comprising:
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performing an alkaline pretreatment on an amyloid-beta sample, the step of performing comprising; placing a predetermined amount of the amyloid-beta sample in a first micro-centrifuge tube; dissolving the predetermined amount of the amyloid-beta sample in NaOH; sitting the dissolved amyloid-beta sample for a first predetermined period of time; sonicating the dissolved amyloid-beta sample for a second predetermined period of time; piercing the first micro-centrifuge tube; placing the first micro-centrifuge tube in liquid nitrogen; lyophilizing the amyloid-beta sample for a third predetermined period of time; preparing filters for filtering the lyophilized amyloid-beta sample, the step of preparing comprising; washing two centrifugal filters with a phosphate buffer; placing each of the two centrifugal filters inside a micro-centrifuge tube; filtering the lyophilized amyloid-beta sample with the filters, the step of filtering comprising; dissolving the lyophilized amyloid-beta sample in distilled water; placing the dissolved, lyophilized amyloid-beta sample in the micro-centrifuge tubes; sonicating the dissolved, lyophilized amyloid-beta sample for a fourth predetermined period of time; centrifuging the sonicated amyloid-beta sample for a fifth predetermined period of time to provide amyloid-beta test sample; generating a first signal having an orbital angular momentum signature applied thereto; applying the first signal to the amyloid-beta test sample; receiving the first signal after it passes through the amyloid-beta test sample; detecting a second orbital angular momentum signature within the received first signal; determining the concentration of amyloid-beta within the amyloid-beta test sample based on a detected second orbital angular momentum signature within the first signal received from the amyloid-beta test sample; and determining if the concentration of amyloid-beta provides an indication of an early onset of Alzheimer'"'"'s.
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