Portable apparatus for separating sample and detecting target analytes
| Patent Number: | 7,452,507 |
| Issued: | 11/18/2008 |
| Official Filing: | View the Complete Patent |
| Abstract: | 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. |
| Filed: | 8/4/2003 |
| Application Number: | 10/633,871 |
| Related Opportunity: |
The µChemLab™ Bio Detector Rapid Automated Point-of-Care System (RapiDx) |
| Government Interests: | STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |