Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or... – Involving nucleic acid
Reexamination Certificate
2006-05-16
2006-05-16
Sisson, Bradley L. (Department: 1634)
Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or...
Involving nucleic acid
C435S287200, C436S501000, C436S094000, C536S023100, C536S024310, C530S350000, C530S387100
Reexamination Certificate
active
07045287
ABSTRACT:
An improved method is provided for conducting chemical or biochemical reactions on a substrate surface in which the reactions take place in an enclosed chamber between components of a fluid and molecular moieties present on an interior surface of the chamber, wherein the improvement involves mixing the fluid during the reactions and maximizing contact between the fluid's components and the entirety of the reactive interior surface by (a) applying centrifugal force to the chamber and simultaneously (b) rotating the chamber about an axis thereof. The improved method is particularly advantageous in the context of a hybridization assay in which molecular components within a sample fluid hybridize to surface-bound molecular probes (e.g., as may be present in a spatially defined and physically addressable array) within a hybridization chamber, and wherein process and device parameters (e.g., sample volume, chamber volume, temperature, number of parts and materials, and the like) are critical. The invention enables use of a very small sample volume without need for a correspondingly small device, minimizes contamination (device components are disposable and the number of parts with which a fluid comes into contact is minimal), and further enables heating of the device prior to contacting the reactive surface with a sample fluid.
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Gordon Gary B.
Smith Douglas H.
Agilent Technologie,s Inc.
Sisson Bradley L.
Stewart Gordon M.
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