Capillary electrophoresis systems and methods

US7988839B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Rathissh Dorairaj · Louisville, US
• Robert S. Keynton · Louisville, US
• Thomas Roussel · Louisville, US
• Mark Crain · Notre Dame, US
• Douglas J. Jackson · New Albany, US
• Kevin Walsh · Louisville, US
• John Naber · Prospect, US
• Richard P. Baldwin · Louisville, US
• Danielle B. Franco · Mount Washington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 20, 2006
• Grant date: Aug 2, 2011
• Expiry date: Mar 5, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N27/447
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An embodiment of the invention is directed to a capillary electrophoresis apparatus comprising a plurality of separation micro-channels. A sample loading channel communicates with each of the plurality of separation channels. A driver circuit comprising a plurality of electrodes is configured to induce an electric field across each of the plurality of separation channels sufficient to cause analytes in the samples to migrate along each of the channels. The system further comprises a plurality of detectors configured to detect the analytes.