High throughput system for performing assays using electrochemiluminescence including a consumable shaking apparatus
AssigneeMeso Scale Technologies, LLC.
InventorCarl Theodore EDENS
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system for performing assays on a solid phase to measure the level of analyte in a sample. Such a system may perform immunoassays using electrochemiluminescence (ECL) including a counterbalanced orbital shaking apparatus for assay consumables. The counter-balanced orbital shaking apparatus also incubates the assay consumables, and has a cooling system to maintain a preset temperature within the shaking apparatus.
Claims10
An ECL immunoassay system comprising a housing that encloses a pipette dispenser, a plurality of multi-well plates adapted to hold ECL complexes attached to electrodes contained in the plurality of multi-well plates, which are sized and dimensioned to be stored in an incubator, a blower, an ECL reader and at least one cooler,
- wherein the at least one cooler is located proximate to a back surface of the housing,
- wherein the incubator comprises at least one airflow channel disposed therewithin and the blower is positioned to pull air from the housing through the at least one airflow channel, and said air is ducted to an inlet of the at least one cooler to cool said air.
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