Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and systems for epi-fluorescent monitoring and scanning for microfluidic assays
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Application No.: US14479290Application Date: 2014-09-06
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Publication No.: US09651568B2Publication Date: 2017-05-16
- Inventor: Martin A. Putnam , Jeffrey T. Branciforte , Charles O. Stanwood
- Applicant: CyVek, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CT Wallingford
- Assignee: CyVek, Inc.
- Current Assignee: CyVek, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Wallingford
- Agency: McCormick, Paulding & Huber LLP
- Main IPC: G01N33/00
- IPC: G01N33/00 ; G01N35/00 ; G01N21/64 ; B01L3/00
Abstract:
An operating and reading instrument for performing an assay employing a portable microfluidic assay cartridge, the instrument comprising a translatable table under automated control, the translatable table carrying a receiving region for the portable cartridge and carrying a port system connectable to the cartridge that includes at least one remotely automated valve carried by the translatable table, the valve arranged to apply pressurized flowable substance at selected times to the cartridge while the cartridge is on the translatable table.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140377852A1 Methods and Systems for Epi-Fluorescent Monitoring and Scanning for Microfluidic Assays Public/Granted day:2014-12-25
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