MICROFLUIDIC DROPLET-BASED ASSAY PROCESS AND APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20210322988A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-21

    申请号:US17271010

    申请日:2019-09-23

    Abstract: The invention provides for a microfluidic droplet-based assay process and apparatus, wherein the process comprises the step of creating several assay droplets (18) containing paramagnetic particles (22, 22′), detectable markers (24), and at least one biological cell (10), wherein the paramagnetic particles (22, 22′) and the detectable markers (24) are able to bind with a target analyte (16) released by the cell, wherein the process includes storing several assay droplets along a horizontal storage plane, includes the generation of a magnetic field through the stored assay droplets, and includes detecting a physical characteristic of the detectable markers contained in a given assay droplet by optical imaging of the detectable markers, characterized in that the generation of a magnetic field generates a magnetic field such that the paramagnetic particles are attracted towards a lateral and inferior portion of the given stored assay droplet in which they are contained.

    Beta-lactamase variants
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10982205B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-20

    申请号:US16078040

    申请日:2017-02-22

    Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated polypeptide having beta-lactamase activity and nucleic acid sequences encoding the polypeptide. The isolated polypeptide of the invention is a Verona integron-encoded metallo-β-lactamase (VIM-2) variant with improved properties such as improved protease stability, stability in intestinal medium, improved activity against one or more antibiotics, improved specific activity and/or improved production in a host cell.

    DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING A PARTICLE PRESENT IN A SAMPLE

    公开(公告)号:US20190086866A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-21

    申请号:US16095537

    申请日:2017-04-27

    Abstract: A device for acquisition of particles present in a sample includes a spatially coherent light source, an optical system, and an image sensor placed in the focal plane of the optical system. The image sensor is configured to capture an intensity image. A computational unit of the device is configured to construct a series of electromagnetic propagation matrices obtained for a plurality of defocusing offsets relative to a plane of focus of the optics. The computational unit is also configured to determine a first average focused electromagnetic matrix for the particles from the series of electromagnetic matrices, identifying at least one of the particles in the first electromagnetic matrix and storing the coordinates of said particle, and determining a second electromagnetic matrix at a distance of focus on a particle identified from the components of the series of electromagnetic matrices having the stored coordinates.

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