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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2019
Applicant:
Luminex Corporation, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Douglas F. Whitman, Round Rock, TX (US);
Charles J. Collins, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
LUMINEX CORPORATION, Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6837 (2018.01); C12Q 1/686 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6818 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6834 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6804 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6837 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6804 (2013.01); C12Q 1/686 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6818 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6834 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides methods and systems for real-time measurements of PCR with multiplexing capability. Certain embodiments relate to methods and systems that use fluorescently encoded superparamagnetic microspheres for the immobilization of amplification products during the PCR process, and an imaging chamber of a measurement device that is also capable of controllable thermal cycling for assisting the PCR process.