Spectrally encoded microbeads and methods and devices for making and using same

US10241045B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Regents of the University of California · US

Inventors

• Brian Cullen Baxter · Santa Clara, US
• Joseph L. DeRisi · San Francisco, US
• Polly M. Fordyce · San Francisco, US
• Rachel Ellen Gerver · Oakland, US
• Rafael Gomez-Sjoberg · Menlo Park, US
• Brett A. Helms · Oakland, US
• Kurt S. Thorn · San Francisco, US
• Ronald N. Zuckermann · Corona, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 22, 2013
• Grant date: Mar 26, 2019
• Expiry date: Nov 17, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2458/40
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Spectrally encoded microbeads and methods and devices for making and using spectrally encoded microbeads are provided. The disclosed methods and devices facilitate the preparation and use of microbeads containing multiple lanthanide nanoparticles, which microbeads have uniquely identifiable spectral codes. The disclosed microbeads, and the methods and devices for making and using same, find use in multiplexing and high-throughput biomarker analysis.