DEVICE FOR SEPARATING AND/ ANALYSING SEVERAL MOLECULAR TARGETS DISSOLVED IN A COMPLEX MIXTURE

• Main Authors: ORY, CATHERINE, LEBEAU, JEROME, CHEVILLARD, SYLVIE, UGOLIN, NICOLAS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 06.04.2011
• Subjects: CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PHYSICS; TESTING; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING

The apparatus for the detection and/or separation of a number of molecular targets, in a solution of a complex mixture, has a matrix (2) of micro-columns each with an immobilized molecular probe for a specific bonding with a target molecule. An upper (3) network of capillaries delivers the complex mixture to the micro-columns by a plunger (6) from a lateral channel (31). The apparatus for the detection and/or separation of a number of molecular targets, in a solution of a complex mixture, has a matrix (2) of micro-columns each with an immobilized molecular probe for a specific bonding with a target molecule. An upper (3) network of capillaries delivers the complex mixture to the micro-columns by a plunger (6) from a lateral channel (31). A second capillary network (4), linked to a secondary lateral channel (7), carries the target molecules after elution through a channel (41) towards one or more detectors (5) e.g. a mass spectrometer, for recovery and/or analysis.