Matrices with memories and uses thereof
First Claim
1. A system, comprising:
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a carousel rotatably mounted on the housing, the carousel having a plurality of ports, each port for receiving a container;
one or more containers, each container in a port of the carousel;
at least one sleeve, wherein;
the sleeve is attached to a container; and
the sleeve comprises an inductively-readable recording device;
a read/write controller mounted on the housing, wherein, when the container with the sleeve are received by the port, the sleeve is in inductive communication with the read/write controller, whereby the container or contents thereof or information associated with the contents of the container is identified or tracked.
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Abstract
Combinations, called matrices with memories, of matrix materials that are encoded with an optically readable code are provided. The matrix materials are those that are used in as supports in solid phase chemical and biochemical syntheses, immunoassays and hybridization reactions. The matrix materials may additionally include fluophors or other luminescent moieties to produce luminescing matrices with memories. The memories include electronic and optical storage media and also include optical memories, such as bar codes and other machine-readable codes. By virtue of this combination, molecules and biological particles, such as phage and viral particles and cells, that are in proximity or in physical contact with the matrix combination can be labeled by programming the memory with identifying information and can be identified by retrieving the stored information. Combinations of matrix materials, memories, and linked molecules and biological materials are also provided. The combinations have a multiplicity of applications, including combinatorial chemistry, isolation and purification of target macromolecules, capture and detection of macromolecules for analytical purposes, selective removal of contaminants, enzymatic catalysis, cell sorting, drug delivery, chemical modification and other uses. Methods for tagging molecules, biological particles and matrix support materials, immunoassays, receptor binding assays, scintillation proximity assays, non-radioactive proximity assays, and other methods are also provided.
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31 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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a housing; a carousel rotatably mounted on the housing, the carousel having a plurality of ports, each port for receiving a container; one or more containers, each container in a port of the carousel; at least one sleeve, wherein;
the sleeve is attached to a container; and
the sleeve comprises an inductively-readable recording device;a read/write controller mounted on the housing, wherein, when the container with the sleeve are received by the port, the sleeve is in inductive communication with the read/write controller, whereby the container or contents thereof or information associated with the contents of the container is identified or tracked. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13)
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11. A system, comprising:
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a carousel rotatably mounted on a housing, the carousel having a plurality of ports; one or more combinations of a sleeve attached to a container, and a recording means comprising a data storage unit disposed on or within the sleeve, wherein the container with its attached sleeve is disposed within a port of the carousel; a read/write controller mounted on the housing, wherein, when the container with the sleeve is disposed within the port, the sleeve is in inductive communication with the read/write controller, whereby the container or contents thereof or information associated with the contents of the container is identified or tracked. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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14. A system, comprising:
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a housing; a carousel rotatably mounted on the housing, the carousel comprising a plurality of ports, each port for receiving a container; one or more containers, wherein each container comprises a remotely readable recording device; a read/write controller mounted on the housing such that when the container with the recording device are received by the port, information stored in the recording device can be read. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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- 17. A sleeve adapted to receive a container by inserting the container within the sleeve, the sleeve comprising a remotely-readable recording device adapted to transmit a first electromagnetic signal comprising an identification code corresponding to a material contained within the container.
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24. A sleeve adapted to receive a container by inserting a portion of the container within the sleeve, the sleeve comprising:
a remotely-readable recording device adapted to transmit a first electromagnetic signal comprising an identification code corresponding to a contents within the container wherein the remotely-readable recording device comprises; a rectifier adapted to produce power for operating the remotely-readable recording device from a second electromagnetic signal received at the remotely-readable recording device; a demodulator adapted to demodulate a second electromagnetic signal to produce the identification code; a memory adapted to store the identification code; and a modulator for modulating the first electromagnetic signal to include the identification code. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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25. A method for identifying a contents of a container comprising the steps of:
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inserting a portion of the container within a sleeve having an inductively-readable recording device; and transmitting a first electromagnetic signal comprising an identification code corresponding to the contents of the container from the inductively-readable recording device. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 29, 30)
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31. A method for identifying a contents of a cylindrical container, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a first an electromagnetic signal from a read/write device disposed within a sleeve, the sleeve adapted to receive a portion of the container by inserting the container within the sleeve; rectifying the first electromagnetic signal to produce power for operating the read/write device; demodulating the electromagnetic signal to produce an identification code corresponding to the contents of the container; storing the identification code in a memory within the read/write device; modulating a second electromagnetic signal to include the identification code; and transmitting the second electromagnetic signal to the read/write device.
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