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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
May. 07, 2007
James Douglas Harper, Boston, MA (US);
Richard Hart Mathews, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Bernadette Johnson, Hollis, NH (US);
Martha Susan Petrovick, Barre, MA (US);
Ann Rundell, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Frances Ellen Nargi, Concord, MA (US);
Timothy Stephens, Lexington, MA (US);
Linda Marie Mendenhall, Acton, MA (US);
Mark Alexander Hollis, Concord, MA (US);
Albert M. Young, Fishkill, NY (US);
Todd H. Rider, Littleton, MA (US);
Eric David Schwoebel, Belmont, MA (US);
Trina Rae Vian, Groton, MA (US);
James Douglas Harper, Boston, MA (US);
Richard Hart Mathews, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Bernadette Johnson, Hollis, NH (US);
Martha Susan Petrovick, Barre, MA (US);
Ann Rundell, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Frances Ellen Nargi, Concord, MA (US);
Timothy Stephens, Lexington, MA (US);
Linda Marie Mendenhall, Acton, MA (US);
Mark Alexander Hollis, Concord, MA (US);
Albert M. Young, Fishkill, NY (US);
Todd H. Rider, Littleton, MA (US);
Eric David Schwoebel, Belmont, MA (US);
Trina Rae Vian, Groton, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to optoelectronic systems for detecting one or more target particles. The system includes a reaction chamber, a specimen collector, an optical detector, and a reservoir containing cells, each of the cells having receptors which are present on the surface of each cell and are specific for the target particle to be detected, where binding of the target particle to the receptors directly or indirectly activates a reporter molecule, thereby producing a measurable optical signal.