Hydrophilic coating compositions and related methods
AssigneeSalvus, LLC
InventorMichael James MURPHY
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Abstract
A hydrophilic coating composition for bubble reduction or elimination in an interferometric system is provided. A portable interferometric system for detection, authentication and/or quantification of at least one analyte that includes the hydrophilic coating composition as well as related methods are also provided.
Claims15
A hydrophilic coating composition for bubble reduction or elimination on one or more internal surfaces of an interferometric system component, the hydrophilic coating composition comprising:
- one or more hydrophilic compounds;
- and
- at least one carrier,
- wherein one or more bubbles are reduced or eliminated by the hydrophilic coating composition when the hydrophilic coating composition is introduced to on one or more internal surfaces of an interferometric system component.
A portable interferometric system for detection, authentication and/or quantification of at least one analyte within a test sample comprising:
- an optical assembly unit, the optical assembly unit comprising a light unit and a detector unit each adapted to fit within a portable housing unit;
- and
- a cartridge system adapted to be inserted in the housing and removed after one or more uses, the cartridge system comprising a microfluidic system, an interferometric chip and a flow cell wafer,
- wherein the interferometric chip includes one or more waveguide channels having a sensing layer composition thereon, the sensing layer composition adapted to bind or otherwise be selectively disturbed by the at least one analyte, and
- wherein one or more components of the portable interferometric system include a hydrophilic coating composition.
A method reducing or eliminating bubbles on one or more internal surfaces of an interferometric system component, the method comprising the step of:
- introducing at least one hydrophilic coating composition to the one or more internal surfaces of the interferometric system component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.