Chemistry: electrical and wave energy – Apparatus – Coating – forming or etching by sputtering
Patent
1992-06-25
1993-06-22
Niebling, John
Chemistry: electrical and wave energy
Apparatus
Coating, forming or etching by sputtering
2041828, 2041801, 356344, G01N 2726, G01N 27447
Patent
active
052214540
ABSTRACT:
An electrophoresis-based assay system for detection of one or more target substances, i.e. an analyte tagged with fluorescent binding agents. The analyte is reacted with an excess amount of fluorescently tagged binding agent. The reaction mixture is subjected to electrophoresis and the migration of bound and free fluorescent substances are timed at a location where there is a spatial and optical differentiation of the two substances. An optical detector supplies signals corresponding to fluorescent amplitudes of the two substances. The free fluorescent substance arrives at a time expected from calibration runs. This optical signal is a marker for a second time, either earlier or later, when the bound substance should have arrived. Recorded data is searched to establish the relation between free and bound dye among the recorded optical signals. An absence of a bound dye signal infers the absence of target analyte in a sample. The amounts of bound and unbound amounts of the same fluorescent substance may be related by ratio of amplitudes of the optical signals so that the amount of target analyte may be estimated.
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Ghazarossian Vartan
Manian Bala S.
Biometric Imaging Inc.
Niebling John
Starsiak Jr. John S.
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