Housing box for electronic chip with biological probes
AssigneeMesatronic
InventorAndre Belmont
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Abstract
The invention concerns a housing box for an electronic chip with biological probes, comprising a flat support device formed by assembling a first lower support and a second upper support, whereof one is equipped with a connector for activating the chip, a plurality of electrical connections extending along the assembly interface and cooperating with electrical connecting means ensuring the continuity of the electrical connections with the chip strip conductors. Protective means are placed in the environment of the chip to obtain an electrical and biological insulating effect for the active part with respect to the input and output contacts of the connector. The invention is useful for molecular analysis, in particular of DNA or any other biological reaction.
Claims13
A housing box for an electronic chip with biological probes, in particular for molecular analysis of DNA, said box comprising a flat support device provided with a window for access to a matrix of electrodes forming the active part of the chip, wherein:
- the support device is formed by assembly of a first lower support and a second upper support, and being equipped with a connector having input and output contacts for activation of the chip, the first lower support and the second upper support forming an assembly interface
- a plurality of electrical connections extending along the assembly interface of the first lower support and the second upper supports between the connector and the chip,
- electrical connecting means connecting the plurality of electrical connections with conducting strips of said chip, and
- protective means adjacent the chip to obtain an electrical and biological insulating effect of the active part with respect to the input and output contacts of the connector and wherein the window is adjacent the second upper support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.