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DNA detector and DNA detection method

US5516409A · kind A · utility

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11Claims
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Filing dateJan 13, 1995
Grant dateMay 14, 1996
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Expiry dateJan 13, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2035/00237
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An electrophoresis apparatus for detecting samples migrating in migration portions includes a plurality of gel separation portions separate from one another and having respective ends disposed along a straight line, a plurality of migration portions equal in number to the gel separation portions and disposed along a straight line following respective ones of the gel separation portions, a light source for generating light which passes through the migration portions, the light propagating along a straight line extending through all of the migration portions, a plurality of optical fibers having respective first ends and respective second ends, the first ends of the optical fibers being disposed facing respective points where the light from the light source passes through respective ones of the migration portions, the optical fibers being equal in number to or greater in number than the migration portions, and an optical detector optically coupled to the second ends of the optical fibers for receiving light from the migration portions via the optical fibers.

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