Portable biochip scanner device

Patent · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2002

OSTI ID:874525

Perov, Alexander ^[1]; Sharonov, Alexei ^[2]; Mirzabekov, Andrei D ^[3]

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1. Troitsk, RU
2. Moscow, RU
3. Darien, IL

A portable biochip scanner device used to detect and acquire fluorescence signal data from biological microchips (biochips) is provided. The portable biochip scanner device employs a laser for emitting an excitation beam. An optical fiber delivers the laser beam to a portable biochip scanner. A lens collimates the laser beam, the collimated laser beam is deflected by a dichroic mirror and focused by an objective lens onto a biochip. The fluorescence light from the biochip is collected and collimated by the objective lens. The fluorescence light is delivered to a photomultiplier tube (PMT) via an emission filter and a focusing lens. The focusing lens focuses the fluorescence light into a pinhole. A signal output of the PMT is processed and displayed.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• Assignee: The University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
• Patent Number(s): US 6407395
• OSTI ID: 874525
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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