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Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022

Filed:

May. 12, 2020
Applicant:

Oxford Nanopore Technologies Plc, Oxford, GB;

Inventors:

Stuart William Reid, Oxford, GB;

Gavin Harper, Sonning, GB;

Clive Gavin Brown, Cambridge, GB;

Daniel John Turner, Oxford, GB;

Andrew John Heron, Oxford, GB;

Christopher James Wright, London, GB;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6869 (2018.01); G16B 30/00 (2019.01); G01N 33/487 (2006.01); G16B 30/10 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6869 (2013.01); G01N 33/48721 (2013.01); G16B 30/00 (2019.02); G16B 30/10 (2019.02);
Abstract

A biochemical analysis system analyses polymers by taking measurements of a polymer from a sensor element comprising a nanopore during translocation of the polymer through the nanopore. When a polymer has partially translocated, the series of measurements is analysed using reference data derived from a reference sequence to provide a measure of similarity. Responsive to the measure of similarity, the sensor element may be selectively operated to eject the polymer and thereby make the nanopore available to receive a further polymer. Where the biochemical analysis system comprises an array of sensor elements and is takes measurements from sensor elements selected in a multiplexed manner, responsive to the measure of similarity, the biochemical analysis system ceases taking measurements from the currently selected sensor element and to starts taking measurements from a newly selected sensor element.


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