Document Type

Patent

Publication Date

10-1-2013

Abstract

The multichannel capillary biosensor system describe includes a selecting valve system for selection of the sample or a reagent. The selecting valve system is connected to a second valve system accommodating a sensing channel and a first bypass channel. The second valve system is connected to a directing valve system having at least two positions, with a first position being connected to a second bypass channel and a second position being connected to a detector for detecting the analyte. The device has a pump connected at one end to the second bypass channel and the detector and at a second end to a waste vessel. The device also has a control system for controlling the device. The analyte can be selected from the group of microorganisms, macromolecules, and small molecules.

Department

Biological and Agricultural Engineering

Patent Number

US8545773

Application Number

US20100285522

Application Published

11-11-2010

Application Filed

7-24-2008

Assignee

Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, AR); BioDetection Instruments, LLC (Fayetteville, AR)

Comments

STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT This invention was made with Government support under the terms of Grant Nos. NSF 0422088, NSF 0512668, and NIH 2R44RR018420-02. The Government has certain rights in the invention.

Xiao-Li Su, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Yanbin Li, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

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