Portable apparatus for separating sample and detecting target analytes

Portable devices and methods for determining the presence of a target analyte using a portable device are provided. The portable device is preferably hand-held. A sample is injected to the portable device. A microfluidic separation is performed within the portable device and at least one separated c...

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Main Authors WALLY KARL, YEE DANIEL D, SHOKAIR ISAAC R, STAMPS JAMES F, FRUETEL JULIA A, WEST JASON A. A, RENZI RONALD F, HORN BRENT A, GRIFFITHS STEWART K, CROCKER ROBERT W, FERKO SCOTT M, VANDERNOOT VICTORIA A, WIEDENMAN BOYD J
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 18.11.2008
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CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
MEASURING
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
PHYSICS
SEPARATION
TESTING
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:Portable devices and methods for determining the presence of a target analyte using a portable device are provided. The portable device is preferably hand-held. A sample is injected to the portable device. A microfluidic separation is performed within the portable device and at least one separated component detected by a detection module within the portable device, in embodiments of the invention. A target analyte is identified, based on the separated component, and the presence of the target analyte is indicated on an output interface of the portable device, in accordance with embodiments of the invention.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20030633871