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US 11,892,461 B1Granted
Portable devices and methods for analyzing samples
AssigneeBiomeme, Inc.
InventorsMarc DeJohn, Christopher Cox, Thomas Welsh, Luke Gary, Alexia Quinn
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides devices, systems, methods for processing and/or analyzing a biological sample. An analytic device for processing and/or analyzing a biological sample may comprise a moving carriage. The analytic device may be portable. The analytic device may receive instructions for performing an assay from a mobile electronic device external to a housing of the analytic device.
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A portable analytic device for processing a biological sample, comprising:
- a housing;
- at least one block within said housing, wherein said at least one block comprises a recess configured to contain an assay tube comprising said biological sample and a magnetic bead;
- an excitation filter and an emission filter, wherein said excitation filter and said emission filter are in optical communication with at least a portion of said recess;
- an excitation source configured to provide excitation energy to said biological sample when said assay tube is contained within said recess;
- a detector configured to receive emission energy from said biological sample when the assay tube is contained within said recess;
- and
- a movable carriage comprising a bar within said housing, wherein said bar comprises a magnet, and wherein said movable carriage is configured to translate such that said magnet and said assay tube move relative to one another, to thereby subject said magnetic bead to motion within said assay tube,
- wherein said portable analytic device has a weight of at most 15 kilograms.
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A method for processing a biological sample, comprising:
- (a) providing a portable analytic device comprising (i) a housing, (ii) at least one block within said housing, wherein said at least one block comprises a recess that contains an assay tube comprising said biological sample and a magnetic bead, (iii) an excitation filter and an emission filter, wherein said excitation filter and said emission filter are in optical communication with at least a portion of said recess, (iv) an excitation source configured to provide excitation energy to said biological sample, (v) a detector configured to receive emission energy from said biological sample, and (vi) a movable carriage comprising a bar within said housing, wherein said bar comprises a magnet;
- and wherein said portable analytic device has a weight of at most 15 kilograms;
- and
- (b) subjecting said movable carriage or said at least one block to motion such that said magnet and said assay tube move relative to one another, thereby subjecting said magnetic bead to motion within said assay tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.