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US 6,714,299 B2Granted
Use of light scattering particles in design, manufacture, and quality control of small volume instruments, devices, and processes
AssigneeGenicon Sciences Corporation
InventorsTodd Peterson, Laurence Warden, Juan Yguerabide, Evangelina Yguerabide
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Abstract
The use of light scattering particles in the design, manufacturing, and quality control of microscale devices and process, and the analysis of solid substrate and porous substrate characteristics is described.
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A method for analyzing deposition characteristics of molecules of interest on a solid substrate, comprising:
- depositing at least one fluid volume on a portion of a solid substrate, wherein said fluid volume comprises the molecules of interest and a plurality of light scattering particles, and wherein said molecules of interest do not bind specifically to said light scattering particles;
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- detecting the distribution or number or both of said light scattering particles by detecting light scattered from said particles,
- wherein the distribution or number or both of said particles is indicative of one or more deposition characteristics of said molecules of interest on said solid substrate.
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A method for analyzing deposition characteristics of molecules of interest on a solid substrate, comprising
- depositing on a portion of a solid substrate at least one fluid volume that comprises a plurality of light scattering particles, wherein said molecules of interest are present on said portion of said solid substrate, and wherein said light scattering particles bind non-specifically to said molecules of interest;
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- detecting the distribution or number or both of said light scattering particles by detecting light scattered from said particles,
- wherein the distribution or number or both of said particles is indicative of one or more deposition characteristics of said molecules of interest on said solid substrate.
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A method for analyzing at least one characteristic of a solid or porous substrate, comprising
- treating at least a portion of a sample of said substrate with at least one fluid volume containing a plurality of light scattering particles;
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- detecting the distribution or number or both of said light scattering particles on said at least a portion of said sample by detecting light scattered from said particles,
- wherein the distribution or number or both of said particles is indicative of said at least one characteristic of said solid or porous substrate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.