Apparatus of examining surface of an organism and method thereof
AssigneesChang Gung University, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou
InventorsHsin-Yao Wang, Ting-Wei Lin, Jang-Jih Lu
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Abstract
An apparatus of examining organism surface includes a pliable member including a contact layer, a plurality of channels, and a reaction layer in which the channels are disposed between the contact layer and the reaction layer; the channels have a size in the range of micrometers and are formed of biocompatibility materials; the contact layer includes a plurality of spherical projections for examination having a size in the range of micrometers and being formed of biocompatibility materials; and the reaction layer includes examining molecules and a reaction unit.
Claims13
An apparatus of examining surface of an organism, comprising:
- a pliable member including a contact layer, a plurality of channels, and a reaction layer;
- wherein the channels are disposed between the contact layer and the reaction layer;
- the channels have a size in the range of micrometers and are formed of biocompatibility materials;
- the contact layer includes a plurality of spherical projections for examination having a size in the range of micrometers and being formed of biocompatibility materials;
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- the reaction layer includes examining molecules and a reaction unit.
A method of examining surface of an organism, comprising the steps of:
- adhering a plurality of spherical projections for examination of a pliable member to a surface of an organism by applying a predetermined pressure wherein the spherical projections for examination have a size in the range of micrometers and are formed of biocompatibility materials so that the spherical projections for examination collect fluid of the organism as a collected fluid, and the collected fluid has a substance to be analyzed;
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- flowing the collected fluid to a contact layer through the spherical projections for examination;
- flowing the collected fluid from the contact layer to a reaction layer through a plurality of channels wherein the channels have a size in the range of micrometers and are formed of biocompatibility materials so that a target substance of the substance to be analyzed reacts with examining molecules and a reaction unit in the reaction layer, thereby determining health or illness of the organism based on visible changes of the reaction unit and achieving a purpose examining the surface of the organism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.