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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7091034 | Detection system for disk-based laboratory and improved optical bio-disc including same A detection system for use in optical disk-based devices for measuring the presence of an analyte in a sample. The detection system includes an analyte detector unit containing a primary detector which selectively reacts with analyte present in a sample to produce a... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7087203 | Methods and apparatus for blood typing with optical bio-disc This invention relates to clinical diagnostic assays and related optical bio-discs and a disc-reading apparatus. The invention is directed to a method for determining the blood cell type of an individual. ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7083920 | Surface assembly for immobilizing DNA capture probes in genetic assays using enzymatic reactions to generate signal in optical bio-discs and methods relating thereto The present invention relates to methods and systems for the detection of specific sequences of nucleic acids or oligonucleotides. It relates more particularly to a conjugated enzyme based assay system utilizing reflective and/or transmissive optical bio-discs for d... | 08/01/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6814964 | Supramolecules containing binding and therapeutic molecules bound to hybridized nucleic acids A supramolecule has a first supramolecular component including a first effector molecule covalently joined to a first nucleic acid, and a second supramolecular component including a second effector molecule covalently joined to a second nucleic acid, wherein the sec... | 11/09/2004 |
