Abstract:
본 발명의 일 실시예에 따라, 미세유체 칩의 실링 장치 및 그 동작 방법이 제공된다. 상기 장치는 상기 미세유체 칩이 배치되는 지지부; 및 상기 미세유체 칩의 유입부 및 유출부에 열을 인가하여 상기 유입부 및 상기 유출부를 밀봉하는 가열 실링부를 포함할 수 있다.
Abstract:
The invention provides mechanical devices that can be used to combine reagents and discover their effects on living cells. A device of the invention holds liquids in open-ended channels and transfers liquids from one channel to another by bringing a second channel into proximity and alignment with an open end of a first channel. Channels of the device can include fluid partitions (e.g., water-oil-water emulsions) that include living cells. The device includes a mechanical system the operation of which causes a receiving channel to pass among supply channels, aligning with each in turn, to pick up chemicals from those channels and make new combinations within the receiving channel. The device then presents those new chemical combinations to the living cells within their respective partitions, thereby allowing for the determination of the effects of those combinations on living cells.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatuses for detecting microRNA from a tissue sample. In particular, described herein are multiplexed methods and apparatuses for implementing them for rapid and parallel detection of a profile of different microRNAs in a patient sample using a modified loop-mediated isothermal amplification ("LAMP") technique.
Abstract:
A heat removal module slice constructed to service a row of reaction vessels, the slice being in the form of a block of thermally conductive material having a row of reaction stations at an edge thereof, at one end thereof a liquid entry manifold and at the other end thereof a liquid exhaust manifold; and a heat exchanger liquid channel adjacent the reaction stations and extending between the two manifolds. The slice is constructed to form, with a plurality of similar slices, a heat reduction module for incorporation in a reaction, typically a PCR reaction, apparatus and process.
Abstract:
An amplicon separation apparatus and process for enabling the identification of a plurality of target DNA molecules in a sample such as blood, the apparatus comprising a consumable and a docking instrument for receiving the consumable. The consumable incorporates a reaction vessel heating station; a reaction vessel content transfer station; an amplicon size separation station; and a reader station. The instrument controls and monitors the consumable and the operation thereof.
Abstract:
The present invention provides self-contained systems, apparatus and methods for determining a chemical state, the system includes a stationary cartridge for performing the assay therein, the cartridge adapted to house at least one reagent adapted to react with a sample; and at least one reporter functionality adapted to report a reaction of the at least one reagent with the sample to report a result of the assay, a mechanical controller including a first urging means adapted to apply a force externally onto the cartridge to release the at least one reagent; and at least one second urging means adapted to apply a removable force to induce fluidic movement in a first direction in the cartridge and upon removal of the force causing fluidic movement in an opposite direction to the first direction, an optical reader adapted to detect the reaction and a processor adapted to receive data from the optical reader and to process the data to determine said chemical state.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein are a biomaterial test apparatus and a method of controlling the same, capable of previously sensing an ambient air temperature where a biomaterial test is performed in order to determine whether to proceed with the biomaterial test. The biomaterial test apparatus includes a housing, a platform receiving chamber arranged inside the housing and capable of receiving a platform into which a biomaterial is injected, a display which is arranged outside the housing and displays a control screen to test the biomaterial, a temperature sensor which senses a temperature in the platform receiving chamber and an air temperature in the vicinity thereof, and a control unit which, when the air temperature is less than a predetermined first critical temperature, controls the display so as to display a screen indicating that the test is impracticable.
Abstract:
Die Erfindung betrifft eine Analyseeinheit (100) zur Durchführung einer Polymerase-Kettenreaktion, wobei die Analyseeinheit (100) ein Deckelelement (130) mit zumindest einer Deckelausnehmung (135) und ein Bodenelement (150), das zumindest eine Bodenausnehmung (152) aufweist, wobei die Bodenausnehmung (152) der Deckelausnehmung (135) gegenüberliegend angeordnet ist, um eine Reaktionskammer (110) zu bilden. Ferner umfasst die Analyseeinheit (100) eine Folie (140), die zumindest im Bereich der Deckelausnehmung (135) zwischen dem Deckelelement (130) und dem Bodenelement (150) angeordnet ist. Auch umfasst die Analyseeinheit (100) zumindest einen Kanal (160a, 160b), der zwischen dem Deckelelement (130) und dem Bodenelement (150) ausgebildet ist, um ein Fluid in die Bodenausnehmung (152) der Reaktionskammer (110) einzuleiten und/oder auszuleiten. Schließlich umfast die Analyseeinheit (100) einen in der Bodenausnehmung (152) angeordneten Sondenträger (155), der als Sonde (157) zumindest ein Indikatormaterial zur Identifizierung eines biochemischen Materials aufweist, wobei das Indikatormaterial auf dem Sondenträger (155) einen festen Aggregatszustand aufweist.
Abstract:
An assembly for forming a microchamber for an inverted substrate is disclosed. The assembly can include a body having a chamber formed therein. A dispensing cavity can be provided to supply a reagent to the chamber. A slide support structure can be configured to support the slide such that the tissue sample faces the chamber when the slide is mounted to the slide support structure. The chamber and the slide support structure can be dimensioned such that, when the reagent is supplied to the dispensing cavity, the reagent is drawn to the chamber by way of capillary forces acting on the reagent.