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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2015
Applicant:
Platypus Technologies, Llc, Madison, WI (US);
Inventors:
Barbara A. Israel, Mount Horeb, WI (US);
Nicholas Abbott, Madison, WI (US);
Christopher Murphy, Madison, WI (US);
Karla Anhalt, DeForest, WI (US);
Syrus Soltaninassab, Madison, WI (US);
Doug Hansmann, Madison, WI (US);
Bharat Raj Acharya, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
PLATYPUS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); C12Q 1/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/70 (2006.01); G01N 33/567 (2006.01); B82Y 15/00 (2011.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01); G01N 33/543 (2006.01); G01N 33/569 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/70 (2013.01); B82Y 15/00 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); G01N 33/54373 (2013.01); G01N 33/56983 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to the field of detection of viruses, and in particular to detection of viruses using a liquid crystal assay format. In the present invention, virus binding in a detection region is identified by changes in liquid crystal orientation caused by virus binding independent orientation caused by any topography associated with the detection region.