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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2013
Applicant:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/6486 (2013.01); G01N 21/6408 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device and method are described in which the lifetime of a fluorescent species or fluorophores is detected in the absence of any optical filter. Based on the measured fluorescent lifetimes, molecules or compounds attached to a fluorophores such as small organic molecules, polymers, peptides, saccharides and nucleic acids can be identified or assayed.