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US 12,379,317 B2Granted
Reader device for luminescent immunoassays
AssigneeBiosensia Patents Limited
InventorsShane Moynihan, Diarmuid Flavin
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Abstract
The present disclosure, among other things, describes a reader system comprising a casing, an optical system, an electromechanical motor system, and one or more digital processors.
Claims13
A system comprising a reader for analyzing one or more analytes in a fluid sample, the reader comprising:
- a casing comprising at least one port into which a cartridge comprising an immunoassay device with multiple parallel immunoassay channels may be inserted;
- a holster which receives and positions the cartridge within the reader;
- an optical system comprising:
- excitation optics comprising multiple light sources and an excitation lens to direct light from each one of the multiple light sources to a corresponding individual excitation area upon a different immunoassay channel when the cartridge is positioned within the holster;
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- collection optics comprising multiple photosensors and a collection lens to collect light emitted from each one of the individual excitation areas and direct the collected light towards a corresponding photosensor;
- an electromechanical motor system to move the holster, with the cartridge positioned therein, to interrogate different regions along each of the multiple immunoassay channels;
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- one or more digital processors and associated electronics to receive data from and control the optical and electromechanical motor systems,
- wherein the casing contains the holster, the optical system, the electromechanical motor system and the one or more digital processors and associated electronics.
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A system comprising a reader for analyzing one or more analytes in a fluid sample and a cartridge comprising an immune assay device with multiple parallel immunoassay channels, the reader comprising:
- a holster in which the cartridge is positioned;
- an optical system comprising:
- excitation optics comprising multiple light sources and an excitation lens that directs light from each one of the multiple light sources to a corresponding individual excitation area upon a different immunoassay channel of the cartridge;
- and
- collection optics comprising multiple photosensors and a collection lens that collects light emitted from each one of the individual excitation areas and direct the collected light towards a corresponding photosensor;
- and
- an electromechanical motor system to move the holster, with the cartridge positioned therein, to interrogate different regions along each of the multiple immunoassay channels.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.