579 results about "Bioanalysis" patented technology

A method and apparatus are disclosed for a high-throughput, large-scale molecular profiling of tissue specimens by retrieving a donor tissue specimen from an array of donor specimens, placing a sample of the donor specimen in an assigned location in a recipient array, providing substantial copies of the array, performing a different biological analysis of each copy, and storing the results of the analysis. The results may be compared to determine if there are correlations or discrepancies between the results of different biological analyses at each assigned location, and also compared to clinical information about the human patient from which the tissue was obtained. The results of similar analyses on corresponding sections of the array can be used as quality control devices, for example by subjecting the arrays to a single simultaneous investigative procedure. Uniform interpretation of the arrays can be obtained, and compared to interpretations of different observers.

Optical Integrated Circuits (OIC) in Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) Analysis Systems combined with micorarray or microwell plates to provide enhanced sensitivity, stability, speed of analysis and reduced size are disclosed. Using the OIC with other optical analysis methods to provide enhance analysis systems is also disclosed.

Methods and electronic devices for performing color-based reaction testing of biological materials. The method includes capturing and interpreting digital images of an unexposed and later exposed paddle at various delay times within an automatically calibrated environment. The test paddle includes a unique identification mechanism (UID), a Reference Color Bar (RCB) providing samples of standardized colors for image color calibration, compensation and corrections, and several test-specific sequences of Chemical Test Pads (CTP). The method further includes locating the paddle in the image, extracting the UID and validating the paddle, extracting the RCB and locating the plurality of CTP in each image. The method further reduces image noise in the CTP and calibrates the image automatically according to lighting measurements performed on the RCB. To determine test results, the method further determines several distances between the CTP and its possible trajectory in the color space described by the Manufacturer Interpretation Color Chart.

A micro bead having a digitally coded structure that is partially transmissive and opaque to light. The pattern of transmitted light is determined by to decode the bead. The coded bead may be structured a series of alternating light transmissive and opaque sections, with relative positions, widths and spacing resembling a 1D or 2D bar code image. To decode the image, the alternating transmissive and opaque sections of the body are scanned in analogous fashion to bar code scanning. The coded bead may be coated or immobilized with a capture or probe to effect a desired bioassay. The coded bead may include a paramagnetic material. A bioanalysis system conducts high throughput bioanalysis using the coded bead, including a reaction detection zone and a decoding zone.

Novel chemical compounds, with application in fluorometric analytical methods, for qualitative and quantitative determination of biomolecules. The aim of the invention is to identify and prove the suitability of such compounds. Said aim is achieved with compounds of formula (1) where R′ is an antenna function, R² is a chelate forming agent, containing a coordinated lanthanide(III)ion, X is —OH or a group with affinity for the biomolecule, bonded to a carboxylate group of the chelate forming agent by means of an amide bond and Y is —H or a group with affinity for the biomolecule, coupled to the antenna function.

The invention discloses a preparation method of a water-soluble material in a core-shell or core-corona-shell structure, which comprises the following steps: (1) using a water-soluble material or a water-soluble material modified by a modifying material as a core material; (2) carrying out physical reaction or chemical reaction on the core material and a chemical reagent A to obtain a core material modified by the chemical reagent A; (3) reacting the core material modified by the chemical reagent A in the step (2) with a metal-cation-containing water solution or reaction reagent B to obtain awater-soluble material in a core-shell structure; and (4) repeating the step (2) and the step (3) by using the material in a core-shell structure in the step (3) as a core material to obtain the water-soluble material in a core-corona-shell structure. The method has the advantages of simple technique and high core-shell yield, and is applicable to the fields of bioanalysis, medical diagnosis and imaging, environmental science, analytic science and the like.

The invention discloses a fluorine-boron fluorescent dye as well as a preparation method and application thereof, wherein the structure of the fluorine-boron fluorescent dye is shown as a formula (I) or a formula (II), in the formula (I) and the formula (II), R1 is H or halogen; R2 is CN; R3, R4, R5 and R6 are independently selected from H, halogen, C1-C6 alkyl or C1-C6 alkoxy; V, W, X, Y and Z are independently CH or N, and when V, W, X, Y or Z is N, N has no substituent group. According to the fluorine-boron fluorescent dye and the preparation method thereof, the maximal fluorescence emission wavelength of the fluorine-boron fluorescent dye is 518-600nm, and the fluorine-boron fluorescent dye also has excellent fluorescence quantum yield and Stokes shift, which shows that the fluorine-boron fluorescent dye has good application prospect in the bioanalysis fields of fluorescence labeling, bioimaging and so on; meanwhile, the preparation method is simple in steps, and raw materials can be obtained easily.

The invention relates to a preparation method of a long carbon chain dibasic acid. C11 and upper alkane is used as a substrate to produce a corresponding long carbon chain dibasic acid product through the conversion of the substrate into the long carbon chain dibasic acid by using a microbial fermentation method as well as the extraction and the separation of fermentation liquid and the refining processes of a crude product of dibasic acid. Through technological innovation and process innovation, the invention researches a new preparation method of the long carbon chain dibasic acid, greatly decreases the production cost of the long carbon chain dibasic acid, improves the yield and the product quality of the long carbon chain dibasic acid, can produce C11 and upper long carbon chain dibasic acid, finally solve the bottleneck problem restricting the rapid development of the long carbon chain dibasic acid, and form the industrialized scale and the technological predominance. The long carbon chain dibasic acid produced by using the bioanalysis provided by the invention has the advantages of high acid generation level, low production cost, good product quality, complete variety, and the like, the prepared long carbon chain dibasic acid product has high single acid content, good light transmission and high thermal stability, can meet the requirements of different clients, and can be used for producing high-grade spices, high-performance engineering plastics, high-temperature dielectric medium, high-grade hot-melt adhesive, coldness-resistant plasticizer, high-grade lubricating oil, high-grade paint, coating, and the like. The invention greatly widens the development space of the downstream products of the long carbon chain dibasic acid.

A colorimetric reagent in the form of nanoparticles, composite nanoparticles, and nanoparticle coatings, including methods of use, methods of preparation, deposition, and assembly of related devices and specific applications. The colorimetric reagent comprises cerium oxide nanoparticles which are used in solution or immobilized on a solid support, either alone or in conjunction with oxidase enzymes, to form an active colorimetric component that reacts with an analyte to form a colored complex. The rate of color change and the intensity of the color are proportional to the amount of analyte present in the sample. Also described is the use of ceria and doped ceria nanoparticles as an oxygen storage/delivery vehicle for oxidase enzymes and applications in biocatalytic processes in anaerobic conditions of interest in biomedicine and bioanalysis. Further described are a variety of related applications of the disclosed technology including clinical diagnosis, in vivo implantable devices, food safety, and fermentation control.

The present invention relates to magnetic particle separators using micromachined magnetic arrays and more particularly, to magnetic particle separators or manipulators using controlled magnetization on micromachined magnetic arrays for the separation of cells and other biological materials. The present invention also pertains to using such devices for the separation and analysis of biological materials for immunoassays, DNA sequencing, protein analysis, and biochemical detection applications. The present invention can also be viewed as a novel method for fabricating fully integrated permanent magnet components within any microelectromechanical system (“MEMS”) structures. The present invention also provides a magnetic particle separation and manipulation system for rapid separation and accurate manipulation of magnetic particles in two-dimensional electromagnetic arrays, which utilize high throughput biological analyses. A disposable cartridge can be produced in low cost using a low cost substrate such as plastic or other polymer, glass, or metal. Magnetic flux is generated by conventional or micromachined electromagnets a platform system consisting of magnetic flux sources, magnetic flux guidance, and a microprocessor control interface. By controlling direction of electric currents into inductors on the platform system, arbitrary magnetic poles can be generated on Permalloy structures of the cartridge to separate and manipulate magnetic particles. The magnetic particle separator and manipulator in the present invention can be easily combined with automated detection systems such as a fluorescent monitoring system.

The invention discloses a method for preparing phosphaalkene by utilizing electrochemistry. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, assembling an electrolytic cell by using an inert electrode as a positive electrode and phosphorus as a negative electrode, wherein in the electrolytic cell, the electrolyte solution is one or several of an aqueous electrolyte solution, an organic electrolyte solution and an ionic liquid electrolyte solution containing the electrolyte; applying direct current or alternating current voltage between the two electrodes of the electrolytic cell and stripping the phosphorus into phosphaalkene under a function of a direct current electric field or an alternating current electric field; and performing filtration treatment to obtain a stripped product, washing the stripped product for a plurality of times by using an organic solvent, centrifugally separating and drying to obtain the required phosphaalkene. According to the method, a phosphaalkene material with good quality, high yield and low cost can be conveniently, quickly and securely produced in an environment-friendly form, and can be applied to multiple fields of secondary ion batteries, supercapacitors, solar batteries, fuel batteries, electro-catalysis, electronic elements, bioanalysis, biological sensors and the like.

New applications for the use of distinguishable particulate labels available in a variety of hues and sized in the submicron range are described. These applications include profiling of cellular components, obtaining secretion patterns, identifying a multiplicity of components in chromatographic or electrophoretic techniques and identification of desired immunoglobulin secreting cells.

The present invention relates to a new phenylboronic-acid-functionalized graphene oxide composite nano material and preparation and application thereof. The material is prepared by immobilization of polydopamine-packed magnetic nanoparticles onto polyethyleneimine-modified graphene oxide and further introduction of phenylboronic acid monomers with carboxyl by amino of polyethyleneimine, and finally the material is used for enrichment of glycoproteins. The specific process is as follows: firstly, Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles are prepared by a solvothermal method, and auto polymerization of polydopamine can be performed on surface of the Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles under alkaline conditions; the magnetic graphene oxide composite nano material can be prepared by hydrogen bond and PI-PI interaction between the polydopamine and graphene oxide, then the positively charged polyethyleneimine is immobilized onto the surface of the negatively charged magnetic graphene oxide by electrostatic self-assembly; and finally the phenylboronic-acid-functionalized magnetic graphene oxide composite nano material can be prepared by introduction of the phenylboronic acid monomers by amidation reaction, and the phenylboronic-acid-functionalized magnetic graphene oxide composite nano material is successively used in the enrichment of the glycoproteins in bioanalysis.

The invention relates to near infrared fluoro-boron dipyrrole fluorescent dyes and a synthesis method of the fluorescent dyes. The dyes have the general formula shown in the specification. The fluorescent dyes are synthesized from aldehyde or imine compounds of halogenated pyrrole or isoindazole and pyrrole derivatives by a one-pot method. The emission wavelength of the fluorescent dyes is more than 600nm, and the emission spectra of the monostyryl-substituted dyes and derivatives thereof can be up to 714nm. The fluorescent dyes have excellent light, physical and chemical performances of higher fluorescent quantum yield (0.61-0.91) and better light stability and the like, and has excellent application prospects in fluorescence labeling, biological imaging and other bioanalysis fields.

The present invention provides a device, system, and methods of use comprising an absorbent hydrophobic polyolefin matrix, and methods of use thereof, for storage, preserving, and recovering liquid suspension of biological specimens containing analytes of interest in a dry state. The dried biological specimens containing analytes of interest absorbed on the polyolefin matrix are reconstituted such as with molecular-grade water and released by compressing the polyolefin matrix. The reconstituted biological analytes are qualified for subsequent analysis, such as for qualitative and quantitative analysis of viral nucleic acids, such a viral load testing, genotyping, and sequencing. Also provided are kits with instructions, and methods of use thereof, for storage, preserving, and recovering biological specimens containing analytes of interest using the compression device of the invention.