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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2012
Applicant:
Radisens Diagnostics Ltd., Cork, IE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Radisens Diagnostics Limited, Cork, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/64 (2006.01); G01J 1/04 (2006.01); G01J 1/18 (2006.01); G01J 3/36 (2006.01); G01N 21/76 (2006.01); G01J 3/12 (2006.01); G01N 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/6486 (2013.01); G01J 1/0418 (2013.01); G01J 1/0492 (2013.01); G01J 1/18 (2013.01); G01J 3/36 (2013.01); G01N 15/14 (2013.01); G01N 21/645 (2013.01); G01N 21/76 (2013.01); G01J 2003/1213 (2013.01); G01N 15/1484 (2013.01); G01N 2021/6421 (2013.01); G01N 2021/6471 (2013.01); G01N 2201/066 (2013.01); G01N 2201/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides a high resolution, wide dynamic range, multi-color detection platform for microfluidic analyzers/instruments and methods. The detection platform uses multiple high gain semiconductor optical sensors for the detection of luminescence from cellular or biological samples. The digitized outputs from these sensors are combined and weighted in a signal processing unit, using pre-determined algorithms for each color, which optimize the resolution in each of these high gain semiconductor optical sensors while extending the dynamic range of the detection platform.