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Asklepios Point of Care Molecular Analysis

Asklepios is a point-of-care research system that integrates the GeneFluidics electrochemical sensor technology with a microfluidics cartridge. The result is a revolution in molecular analysis - complete automated sample preparation and detection in a small, portable package.

 

Within the microfluidics cartridge, Asklepios performs the same sample preparation steps that would normally be performed on the laboratory bench: reagent delivery, washing, mixing, and target molecule detection.

 

The system utilizes a modular microfluidics cartridge with configurable functional components. Application-specific components are inserted into the universal cartridge case. A single cartridge configuration can run a variety of assays. By interchanging the modular components, the possible assay configurations are limitless.

 

The universal electrochemical sensor array allows detection of multiple targets from a single sample. The revolutionary sensor technology allows any combination of different RNA, DNA, and protein targets to be detected simultaneous in the same cartridge.

 

After the cartridge has been loaded into the system, the onboard process control runs the entire assay within the cartridge. Typical experiments are complete and results displayed in less than 90 minutes.

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Uploaded on March 25, 2010
Taken on March 25, 2010