Chemistry: analytical and immunological testing – Involving an insoluble carrier for immobilizing immunochemicals
Reexamination Certificate
2000-07-28
2004-11-30
Swartz, Rodney P (Department: 1645)
Chemistry: analytical and immunological testing
Involving an insoluble carrier for immobilizing immunochemicals
C536S023100, C436S164000, C436S536000, C436S546000, C435S006120, C422S050000, C422S051000, C422S051000, C422S105000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06825047
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to devices and methods for detecting or quantifying one or more selected analytes in a sample.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Biochemical testing is becoming an increasingly important tool for detecting and monitoring diseases. While tests have long been known for obtaining basic medical information such as blood type and transplant compatibility, for example, advances in understanding the biochemistry underlying many diseases have vastly expanded the number of tests which can be performed. Thus, many tests have become available for various analytical purposes, such as detecting pathogens, diagnosing and monitoring disease, detecting and monitoring changes in health, and monitoring drug therapy.
An important obstacle which has limited exploitation of many biochemical tests has been cost. Simultaneous testing of multiple samples for a single analyte has provided some savings. However, simultaneous assays for a large number of analytes within a single sample have been less practical because of the need for extended sample manipulation, multiple test devices, multiple analytical instruments, and other drawbacks.
Ideally, a method for analyzing an individual sample using a single test device should provide diagnostic information for a large number of potential analytes while requiring a small amount of sample. The device should be small in size while providing high-sensitivity detection for the analytes of interest. The method should also require minimal sample manipulation. Preferably, the device will include pre-dispensed reagents for specific detection of the analytes.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed generally to a method and device for simultaneously testing a sample for the presence, absence and/or amount of one or more selected analytes.
The invention includes, in one aspect, a device for detecting or quantitating one or more of a plurality of different analytes in a liquid sample. The device includes a substrate which defines a sample-distribution network having (i) a sample inlet, (ii) one or more detection chambers, and (iii) channel means providing a dead-end fluid connection between each of the chambers and the inlet. Preferably, each chamber includes an analyte-specific reagent effective to react with a selected analyte that may be present in the sample, and detection means for detecting the signal.
In one embodiment, the detection means for each chamber includes an optically transparent window through which the signal can be detected optically. In another embodiment, the detection means includes a non-optical sensor for detecting the signal.
The channel means of the device may be configured in numerous ways. For example, in one embodiment, the channel means includes a single channel to which the detection chambers are connected by dead-end fluid connections. In a second embodiment, the channel means includes at least two different channels, each connected to a different group of detection chambers. In yet another embodiment, the channel means includes an individual channel for each detection chamber.
The device may include a vacuum port for placing the detection chambers under vacuum prior to the addition of sample. In one embodiment, the vacuum port is connected to the channel means at a site between, and in fluid communication with, the sample inlet and the detection chambers. In another embodiment, the vacuum port is connected to the channel means at a site downstream of the detection chambers. In this configuration, the vacuum port is additionally useful for removing liquid from the channel means after the detection chambers have been filled, to help isolate the detection chambers from one another and further reduce cross-contamination.
The vacuum port may be incorporated in a multi-port valve (e.g., a 3-way valve) that permits the network and associated detection chambers to be exposed alternately to a vacuum source, the sample inlet, and a vent or selected gas source.
Alternatively, the device of the invention is prepared and sealed under vacuum when manufactured, so that a vacuum port is unnecessary.
According to an important feature of the invention, the device is capable of maintaining a vacuum within the sample-distribution network (low internal gas pressure, relative to the external, ambient pressure outside the device) for a time sufficient to allow a sample to be drawn into the network and distributed to the detection chambers by vacuum action. For this purpose, the sample-distribution network may include a vacuum reservoir in fluid communication with, and downstream of, the detection chambers, for preventing the build-up of back-pressure in the network while the detection chambers are successively filled.
In one embodiment, the vacuum reservoir includes a non-flowthrough cavity connected downstream of the last-filled detection chamber, for accumulating residual gas displaced from the inlet and channel means. In another embodiment, the reservoir comprises the terminal end of the channel means connected to a vacuum source, allowing residual gas displaced by the sample to be removed continuously until sample loading is complete.
The analyte-specific reagents in the detection chambers may be adapted to detect a wide variety of analyte classes, including polynucleotides, polypeptides, polysaccharides, and small molecule analytes, for example. In one embodiment, the analytes are selected-sequence polynucleotides, and the analyte-specific reagents include sequence-selective reagents for detecting the polynucleotides. The polynucleotide analytes are detected by any suitable method, such as polymerase chain reaction, ligase chain reaction, oligonucleotide ligation assay, or hybridization assay.
In one particular embodiment, for polynucleotide detection, the analyte-specific reagents include an oligonucleotide primer pair suitable for amplifying, by polymerase chain reaction, a target polynucleotide region in the selected analyte which is flanked by sequences complementary to the primer pair. The presence of target polyn
Albin Michael
Kowallis Reid B.
Ragusa Robert P.
Raysberg Yefim
Winn-Deen Emily S.
Applera Corporation
Kilyk & Bowersox P.L.L.C.
Shahnan-Shah Khatol
Swartz Rodney P
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