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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7889615 | Optical discs for measuring analytes This invention directs to an optical disc assembly configured to receive an analyte which can be detected by a standard optical disc reader or an optical disc reader modified therefrom. The optical disc assembly may preferably be designed so that the optical disc re... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7599275 | Optical discs for measuring analytes This invention directs to an optical disc assembly configured to receive an analyte which can be detected by a standard optical disc reader or an optical disc reader modified therefrom. The optical disc assembly may preferably be designed so that the optical disc re... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7428200 | Method for triggering through disc grooves and related optical analysis discs and system An optical analysis disc includes grooves defining corresponding laser-readable tracks and trigger marks that identify respective target regions on the disc. The trigger marks are implemented as a radial interruption of the grooves to thereby produce an increased re... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7390464 | Fluidic circuits for sample preparation including bio-discs and methods relating thereto A fluidic circuit for receiving a fluid and separating a component of a fluid from the fluid comprises a separation chamber for receiving the fluid, an air chamber in fluid communication with the separation chamber, and a return channel in fluid communication with t... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7387898 | Apparatus and method for conducting assays A multi-well assay plate structure (54) and assay apparatus and a method for performing chemical biochemical assays is described. The multi-well assay plate structure (54) defines a relatively shallow substantially enclosed space (71) above a pl... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7366063 | Optical discs for measuring analytes This invention directs to an optical disc assembly configured to receive an analyte which can be detected by a standard optical disc reader or an optical disc reader modified therefrom. The optical disc assembly may preferably be designed so that the optical disc re... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7251210 | Method for triggering through disc grooves and related optical analysis discs and system An optical analysis disc includes grooves defining corresponding laser-readable tracks and trigger marks that identify respective target regions on the disc. The trigger marks are implemented as a radial interruption of the grooves to thereby produce an increased re... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7221632 | Optical disc system and related detecting methods for analysis of microscopic structures An optical disc system includes a photo detector circuit of an optical disc drive and a signal processing system. The photo detector circuit is configured to generate at least one information-carrying signal from an optical disc assembly. The signal processing syste... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7200100 | Optical disc assemblies for performing assays This invention relates to an optical disc assembly capable of receiving an insert upon which an analyte of interest may be disposed. The optical disc assembly can be read by an optical disc reader, such as by a standard CD or DVD reader, and the analyte disposed on ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200088 | System and method of detecting investigational features related to a sample An optical disc system includes a photo detector circuit of an optical disc drive and a signal processing system. The photo detector circuit is configured to generate at least one information-carrying signal from an optical disc assembly. The signal processing syste... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7141416 | Multi-purpose optical analysis optical bio-disc for conducting assays and various reporting agents for use therewith The present invention relates to optical bio-disc systems and related methods and to immobilizing receptor molecules. When a sample is injected into a fluidic circuit, the target agent binds to a capture probe bound in a capture zone. A signal is generated from tags... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7110345 | Multiple data layer optical discs for detecting analytes This invention relates to optical discs that preferably include multiple data layers and are configured to receive analytes which can be detected by an optical disc reader. The optical disc reader may be a standard optical disc reader or an optical disc reader modif... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7094609 | Spatially addressable combinatorial chemical arrays in encoded optical disk format A method for preparing very large spatially-addressable arrays of chemical compounds by light-directed synthesis is provided, wherein the light is provided by a laser and the compounds are arrayed on a rotating disc in a CD-ROM format. A method for assaying the resu... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7079468 | Optical discs for measuring analytes This invention directs to an optical disc assembly configured to receive an analyte which can be detected by a standard optical disc reader or an optical disc reader modified therefrom. The optical disc assembly may preferably be designed so that the optical disc re... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7061594 | Disc drive system and methods for use with bio-discs An optical disc drive for reading encoded information, such as on a CD, CD-R, or DVD, is modified to read biological or chemical investigational features from a disc. The modifications can include software changes or the addition of hardware desirably without the ne... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7054258 | Optical disc assemblies for performing assays This invention relates to an optical disc assembly capable of receiving an insert upon which an analyte of interest may be disposed. The optical disc assembly can be read by an optical disc reader, such as by a standard CD or DVD reader, and the analyte disposed on ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7026131 | Methods and apparatus for blood typing with optical bio-discs This invention relates to clinical diagnostic assays, related optical bio-discs, and a disc-reading apparatus. The invention is directed to methods and apparatuses for performing immunohematology assays using an optical bio-disc analysis system. The invention is fur... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6995845 | Methods for detecting analytes using optical discs and optical disc readers This invention relates to methods of using an optical disc reader to detect an analyte of interest that is associated with an optical disc assembly. The method includes the steps of: (1) providing the optical disc to the optical disc reader; (2) directing at least o... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6992769 | Apparatus and method for carrying out analysis of samples using semi-reflective beam radiation inspection An apparatus and method for carrying out analysis of samples using semi-reflective beam radiation inspection in association with an optical disk and an optical reader has an optically transparent substrate having a semi-reflective layer which reflects a portion of t... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6965433 | Optical biodiscs with reflective layers An optical biodisc has a substrate, a first reflective layer over the substrate, an opening in the first reflective layer for receiving an investigational feature, and a second reflective layer over the opening for reflecting light transmitted through the substrate.... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6888951 | Methods and apparatus for analyzing operational and analyte data acquired from optical disc Methods and apparatus for analyzing nonoperational data acquired from optical discs, and in particular, trackable optical discs having concurrently readable nonoperational structures are provided. Analysis can involve identifying patterns in the data that reproducib... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6566069 | Gene sequencer and method for determining the nucleotide sequence of a chromosome A method for determining the nucleotide sequence of a chromosome. The chromosome is hydrolyzed to form a mixture of oligonucleotides having unknown nucleotide sequences. The mixture is exposed to a library of oligonucleotide probe pairs having known seque... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6503359 | Monomolecular adhesion methods for manufacturing microfabricated multilaminate devices Methods for effecting monomolecular adhesion are described. Adhesion may be effected by contacting a first and second bonding surface, wherein a first reactant for a chemical bonding reaction is plurally present on the first bonding surface, a second reac... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6379699 | Liposome having attached target-binding moiety and artherosclerotic plaque interacting moiety Complexes are prepared containing two or more different effector molecules joined to each other by a joining component. One effector molecule is a binding molecule such as an antibody or Fc receptor that binds to a molecular target such as a virus or anti... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6342349 | Optical disk-based assay devices and methods Optical disk-based assay devices and methods are described, in which analyte-specific signal elements are disposed on an optical disk substrate. In preferred embodiments, the analyte-specific signal elements are disposed readably with the disk's tracking ... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6331275 | Spatially addressable, cleavable reflective signal elements, assay device and method A cleavable signal element for use in quantitative and qualitative assay devices and methods is described. Binding of the chosen analyte simultaneously to a first and a second analyte-specific side member of the cleavable signal element tethers the signal... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6327031 | Apparatus and semi-reflective optical system for carrying out analysis of samples An optical disk for use in conducting an optical inspection of a biological, chemical or biochemical sample in association with an optical reader capable of scanning and reading optical disks with a beam of light has an optically transparent substrate hav... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6312901 | Spatially addressable, cleavable reflective signal elements, assay device and method A cleavable signal element for use in quantitative and qualitative assay devices and methods is described. Binding of the chosen analyte simultaneously to a first and a second analyte-specific side member of the cleavable signal element tethers the signal... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6274373 | Gene sequencer and methods A gene sequencer, bio-compact disk and sample preparation methodology is described. Constant length oligonucleotides are prepared and, in conjunction with the bio-compact disk and apparatus described, used in gene sequencing and strategies therefor.... | 08/14/2001 |
