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US 6,271,022 B1Granted
Device for incubating and monitoring multiwell assays
AssigneeBiolog, Inc.
InventorBarry Bochner
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Abstract
The present invention provides easy-to-use, adaptable, and convenient solutions to a heretofore unmet need for instruments that can incubate and kinetically monitor assays, especially multiwell assays. In particular, the present invention finds use in monitoring assays contained within various test formats, including, but not limited to microtiter plates, miniaturized test panels (e.g., MICROCARDS™), and petri plates.
Claims32
An instrument comprising:
- 1) an enclosure cabinet;
- 2) a plurality of sliding shelves mounted in said cabinet, wherein said shelves are capable of holding one or more assay plates;
- 3) an imaging device mounted in said cabinet for simultaneously capturing within a field of view one or more images of one or more of said assay plates located on one or more of said shelves;
- and 4) a means for moving said imaging device, whereby said imaging device can be selectively positioned, without moving said assay plates on said shelves, to simultaneously capture images of all wells in said field of view of said assay plates located on any of said shelves.
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An instrument comprising:
- 1) an enclosure cabinet;
- 2) a plurality of sliding shelves mounted in said cabinet, wherein said shelves are capable of holding two or more assay plates;
- and 3) an imaging device mounted in said cabinet for capturing one or more images of said two or more assay plates located on each of said shelves, wherein each of said images captures all of said assay plates on any one or more of said shelves.
A system comprising:
- 1) an enclosure cabinet;
- 2) a plurality of sliding shelves mounted in said cabinet;
- 3) two or more assay plates located on at least one of said sliding shelves;
- and 4) an imaging device mounted in said cabinet for simultaneously capturing within a field of view one or more images of said two or more assay plates.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.