Hand-held portable microarray reader for biodetection

US8428398B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC · US
• The Regents of the University of California · US

Inventors

• Deanna Lynn Thompson · Folsom, US
• Matthew A. Coleman · Dallas, US
• Stephen M. Lane · Oakland, US
• Dennis Matthews · Moss Beach, US
• Joanna Albala · Stockton, US
• Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu · Sacramento, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 29, 2010
• Grant date: Apr 23, 2013
• Expiry date: Apr 22, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2201/0221
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A hand-held portable microarray reader for biodetection includes a microarray reader engineered to be small enough for portable applications. The invention includes a high-powered light-emitting diode that emits excitation light, an excitation filter positioned to receive the excitation light, a slide, a slide holder assembly for positioning the slide to receive the excitation light from the excitation filter, an emission filter positioned to receive the excitation light from the slide, a lens positioned to receive the excitation light from the emission filter, and a CCD camera positioned to receive the excitation light from the lens.