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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2007
John W. Hartzell, Camas, WA (US);
Pooran Chandra Joshi, Vancouver, WA (US);
Paul J. Schuele, Washougal, WA (US);
John W. Hartzell, Camas, WA (US);
Pooran Chandra Joshi, Vancouver, WA (US);
Paul J. Schuele, Washougal, WA (US);
Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc., Camas, WA (US);
Abstract
A pixel-by-pixel digitally-addressable, pixelated, fluid-assay, active-matrix micro-structure including plural pixels formed preferably on a glass or plastic substrate, wherein each pixel, formed utilizing low-temperature TFT and Si technology, includes (a) at least one functionalized, digitally-addressable assay sensor including at least one functionalized, digitally-addressable assay site which has been affinity-functionalized to respond to a selected, specific fluid-assay material, and (b) disposed operatively adjacent that sensor and its associated assay site, digitally-addressable and energizable electromagnetic field-creating structure which is selectively energizable to create, in the vicinity of the sensor and its associated assay site, a selected, ambient, electromagnetic field environment which is structured to assist, selectively and optionally only, in the reading-out of an assay-result response from the assay sensor and assay site.