SELF-POWERED MICROFLUIDIC CHIP WITH MICRO-PATTERNED REAGENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20180297028A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-18

    申请号:US15946615

    申请日:2018-04-05

    Abstract: A microfluidic apparatus and methods for fabrication with a fluidic layer and a pattern layer of spots of concentrated reagents that are disposed in wells of a fluidic layer when the two layers are bonded together. Reagents are stored on the chip prior to use. Because reagents are confined to specific wells, contamination of the channels and other microfluidic structures of the fluidic layer are avoided. The fluidic layer also has a system of vacuum channels and at least one vacuum void to store vacuum potential for controlled micro-fluidic pumping. The top and bottom surfaces of the bonded layers are sealed. The chip can be used for point of care diagnostic assays such as quantitative testing, digital nucleic acid amplification, and biochemical testing such as immunoassays and chemistry testing.

    PHOTONIC NANOANTENNA MEDIATED GENE CIRCUIT RECONFIGURATION
    7.
    发明申请
    PHOTONIC NANOANTENNA MEDIATED GENE CIRCUIT RECONFIGURATION 审中-公开
    光电纳米纳米介质基因电路重构

    公开(公告)号:US20140342427A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-11-20

    申请号:US14288081

    申请日:2014-05-27

    Abstract: A selectively addressable optical biomolecular carrier and its method of use for reconfiguring gene circuits are described. One carrier is a plasmon resonant nanoantenna formed from a gold metal nanorod coated with a cationic phospholipid bilayer with an aspect ratio between 2.0 and 8.0 and plasmon resonance wavelength in the near infrared range. Biomolecules such as siRNA adhere to the carrier and are introduced into a cell. The biomolecules are released from the nanoantenna carriers with exposure to light at the plasmon resonance wavelength. The nanoantenna efficiently converts absorbed optical energy to surface localized heat releasing the biomolecules at a time determined by the user. The carrier can be used to modify gene circuits by allowing temporal control over the genes within a selected gene circuit through the optical release of interfering nucleotides. Optical silencing of endogenous genes with siRNA released from nanoantenna carriers was used to illustrate the methods.

    Abstract translation: 描述了一种选择性寻址的光学生物分子载体及其重组基因电路的方法。 一个载体是由涂覆有阳离子磷脂双层的金金属纳米棒形成的等离子体共振纳米天线,其长宽比在2.0和8.0之间,等离子体共振波长在近红外范围内。 生物分子如siRNA粘附于载体并引入细胞。 生物分子在等离子体共振波长处暴露于光下从纳米天线载体释放。 纳米天线有效地将吸收的光能转换成在用户确定的时间内释放生物分子的表面局部放热。 通过允许通过干扰核苷酸的光学释放对所选基因电路内的基因进行时间控制,载体可用于修饰基因电路。 使用从纳米天线载体释放的siRNA的内源基因的光沉默来说明方法。

    Optical cavity PCR
    9.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11406983B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-09

    申请号:US16938197

    申请日:2020-07-24

    Abstract: An LED-driven optical cavity PCR system and method providing fast, accurate and reliable PCR based diagnostics. Thermal cycling for PCR takes place in an optical cavity formed in a microfluidic channel or chamber with thin light absorbing metal films disposed on at least two opposing walls that provide uniform heating between the walls by photothermal light to heat conversion. The opposing metal films may be sized for equal light absorption from a single light source orthogonal to the two opposing films to produce an even temperature elevation between the equally heating films upon a single light exposure. Uniform temperature elevation may also be achieved with films made from two different materials.

    Optical cavity PCR
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10766034B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-08

    申请号:US15878033

    申请日:2018-01-23

    Abstract: An LED-driven optical cavity PCR system and method is disclosed for fast, accurate and reliable PCR based diagnostics. An optical cavity comprising two thin light absorbing metal (AU) films is used for uniform light absorption and subsequent photo thermal light-to-heat conversion is employed for PCR thermal cycling.

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