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US 8,592,224 B2Granted
Biochip for archiving and laboratory-medical analysis of biological sample material, process for its production, and its use in diagnostic methods
AssigneeBioref GmbH
InventorHans-Jurgen Staab
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Abstract
A biochip for diagnostic purposes comprises a sample carrier made of a solid matrix, on the surface of said sample carrier is bound the sample material to be analysed which originates from a biological organism.
Claims30
A diagnostic detection method for detecting the presence or absence of analytes in a biological sample material, comprising the steps of:
- a) making a biochip by binding said biological sample material which is obtained from body fluids or cells or tissue samples from an organism to be examined to a surface of a sample carrier, which surface is subdivided into micro-areas, by coating with a liquid or suspended sample material of said biological sample material, and subsequently drying, whereby said analytes which are present in the biological sample material are bound to said surface in a manner that does not specifically select a molecule;
- b) selecting at least one specific, diagnostic detection reagent that is known to specifically interact with or bind to said analyte;
- c) applying said at least one specific, diagnostic detection reagent to single micro-areas of the biochip, using a pipetting robot, and incubating under conditions suitable for the relevant detection reaction by which said reagent interacts with or binds to said analyte;
- d) applying wash liquids to suppress unspecific reactions, and subsequently drawing-off of these wash liquids;
- e) detecting measurement signals from positively reacting micro-areas;
- evaluating the signals for the presence or absence of the analytes and storing the measurement data.
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