US Patent:
20080262321, Oct 23, 2008
Inventors:
Mendy Erad - Los Altos CA, US
Yosi Shacham-Diamand - Zikhron-Yaakov, IL
Shimshon Belkin - Kiryat Ono, IL
Arthur Rabner - Natania, IL
Yariv Erad - Kidron, IL
Rami Pedahzur - Doar-Na Harei Yehuda, IL
Yehuda Yarmut - Moshava Yokneam, IL
Assignee:
Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Jerusalem
International Classification:
G01N 33/00
C12Q 1/00
A61M 5/20
B01L 3/00
G08B 21/12
A61B 5/00
G01N 21/76
C12M 1/34
US Classification:
600301, 604191, 422 61, 422 52, 3405731
Abstract:
A portable system for detecting agents present in a sample is disclosed. The system comprises a sensing device, having a substrate formed with a plurality of reaction chambers and a plurality of channels interconnecting at least a portion of the plurality of reaction chambers, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of reaction chambers comprises a sensor, capable of generating a detectable signal when exposed to the agents. The system further comprises a detector, which receives signals from the sensing device and provides an image of sensors generating the optical signals. The portable system is connected to a communication network via a communication unit.