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US 2022/0186325 A1Published application
Systems for sample analysis
AssigneeBiomeme, Inc.
InventorsMarc DeJohn, Christopher Cox, Tom 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.
Claims21
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A method for analyzing a biological sample, comprising:
- (a) activating a portable analytic device comprising:
- (i) a housing;
- (ii) at least one monolithic heating block within said housing, wherein said at least one monolithic heating block comprises a plurality of recesses configured to receive a plurality of assay tubes, wherein an assay tube of said plurality of assay tubes comprises said biological sample;
- (iii) at least one heating unit in thermal communication with said at least one monolithic heating block, which at least one heating unit provides thermal energy to said assay tube through said monolithic heating block;
- (iv) an excitation source configured to provide excitation energy;
- (v) a movable carriage comprising an excitation filter and an emission filter, wherein said movable carriage is configured to translate to bring said excitation filter and said emission filter to a first position in alignment with a light path that provides excitation energy from said excitation source to said assay tube;
- (vi) a power supply disposed within said housing, said power supply configured to provide power to said at least one heating unit, said movable carriage, and said excitation source;
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- (vii) a processing unit comprising a circuit within said housing, wherein said processing unit is configured to communicate with a mobile electronic device external to said housing;
- (b) receiving by said processing unit instructions from said mobile electronic device external to said housing for processing said biological sample in said assay tube;
- (c) in response to said instructions, directing said at least one heating unit to provide thermal energy to said monolithic heating block to provide heat to said biological sample within said assay tube;
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- (d) upon moving said movable carriage to said first position corresponding to said assay tube, directing said excitation source to expose said biological sample within said assay tube to excitation energy through said light path.
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A portable analytic device for processing a biological sample, comprising:
- a housing;
- at least one monolithic heating block within said housing, wherein said at least one monolithic heating block comprises a plurality of recesses configured to receive a plurality of assay tubes;
- at least one heating unit in thermal communication with said at least one heating block, which at least one heating unit is configured to provide thermal energy to said assay tube through said at least one monolithic heating block;
- a movable carriage comprising an optical filter, wherein said movable carriage is configured to translate to bring said optical filter in alignment with a light path that provides excitation energy from an excitation source to said assay tube;
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- a power supply disposed within said housing, said power supply configured to provide power to said at least one heating unit, said movable carriage, and said excitation source.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.