Method and apparatus for the delivery of samples to a chemical sensor array

US7022517B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System · US

Inventors

• John McDevitt · Clearwater, US
• Eric V. Anslyn · Austin, US
• Jason B. Shear · Austin, US
• Dean P. Neikirk · Austin, US
• Damon Vincent Borich · Austin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 14, 2000
• Grant date: Apr 4, 2006
• Expiry date: Nov 30, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2021/056
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system for the rapid characterization of multi-analyte fluids, in one embodiment, includes a light source, a sensor array, and a detector. The sensor array is formed from a supporting member into which a plurality of cavities may be formed. A series of chemically sensitive particles are, in one embodiment positioned within the cavities. The particles may be configured to produce a signal when a receptor coupled to the particle interacts with the analyte. Using pattern recognition techniques, the analytes within a multi-analyte fluid may be characterized.