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US 12,153,015 B2Granted
Gel electrophoresis diagnostic kit and methods of using the same
AssigneeVital Biosciences Inc.
InventorsMounir A. Koussa, Calvin Domenico, Ronald L. Green, Joshua John Forman, Andrew Ward, Lisa Caldwell
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Abstract
An electrophoretic device for detecting biomarkers in collected bodily fluid and methods of using the same.
Claims20
A base for reading a biomarker detector cartridge, wherein the biomarker detector cartridge comprises:
- (a) a cartridge body;
- (b) a fluid collector;
- (c) an electrophoretic cell;
- and
- (d) a nanoswitch;
- the base comprising:
- a biomarker detector cartridge receiver;
- electrical contacts proximate to the cartridge receiver configured to communicate with the electrophoretic cell of the biomarker detector cartridge;
- and
- an electrophoretic cell reader proximate to the cartridge receiver.
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A method for detecting a biomarker in a fluid, the method comprising the steps of:
- collecting the fluid comprising the biomarker with a fluid collector of a biomarker detector cartridge, wherein the biomarker detector cartridge comprises:
- (a) a cartridge body;
- (b) the fluid collector;
- (c) an electrophoretic cell;
- and
- (d) a nanoswitch;
- contacting the fluid with the nanoswitch;
- transferring the fluid to the electrophoretic cell;
- connecting the biomarker detector cartridge to a base, wherein the base comprises a biomarker detector cartridge receiver, electrical contacts proximate to the cartridge receiver configured to communicate with the electrophoretic cell of the biomarker detector cartridge, and an electrophoretic cell reader proximate to the cartridge receiver;
- applying a voltage across a separation medium at the electrophoretic cell;
- and
- reading the separation medium with the electrophoresis cell reader at the base.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.