Compact device for nucleic acid extraction and detection
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of a method for measuring or detecting microorganisms, and particularly relates to compact equipment for extracting and detecting nucleic acid.
Background
The invention of application number 201610575345.9 discloses automatic microorganism molecule detection equipment, which comprises a control unit, a transfer unit, a sample pretreatment unit, a nucleic acid purification unit and a detection unit, wherein the control unit is used for man-machine interaction and storage of system parameters and data, the transfer unit is a mechanical arm, the sample pretreatment unit comprises a pretreatment reagent storage area and a separation module, the nucleic acid purification unit is used for purifying nucleic acid in a pretreated sample, and the detection unit is used for detecting the purified sample and obtaining a result. The scheme can realize the original state detection of the sample, but has the following defects: the sample pretreatment unit, the nucleic acid purification unit and the detection unit are positioned on the same horizontal plane, so that the space occupied by the equipment is larger. In the market, a platform provided by Tecan and other big-brand companies runs stably, and a mechanical arm moves accurately and reliably, so that the platform is a preferred platform for automatic nucleic acid extraction. In the technical solution of the present company application 201610575345.9, it is first conceivable to add a detection unit to the side of the Tecan platform instead of choosing to destroy the Tecan mature platform.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to overcome the defects of the prior art and provide compact equipment for extracting and detecting nucleic acid, which realizes the integration between a detection unit and a sample processing unit such as a nucleic acid purification unit and the like on the premise of small increase of volume.
In order to achieve the above object, the technical scheme of the present invention is as follows: the compact equipment for extracting and detecting nucleic acid comprises a control unit, a transfer unit, a sample processing unit and a detection unit, wherein the control unit is used for man-machine interaction and storage of system parameters and data, the transfer unit comprises a mechanical arm with a porous plate gripper, the sample processing unit is used for purifying nucleic acid in a sample and/or preprocessing the sample, the detection unit is used for detecting the purified sample, and the detection unit is positioned below the sample processing unit.
As an improvement, the sample processing unit is arranged on the upper surface of an equipment platform, the equipment platform is provided with an inlet and an outlet for the porous plate to come in and go out, and the sample cell of the detection unit is positioned below the inlet and the outlet.
As an improvement, the detection unit is a PCR instrument.
As a further improvement, a perforated plate pushing mechanism is arranged in the detection unit.
As a further improvement, the apparatus is also provided with a perforated plate outlet.
As a further improvement, two sides of the outlet of the porous plate are provided with limiting guardrails.
The beneficial effects of the invention are as follows: the sample processing units such as the nucleic acid purification unit are positioned on the equipment platform, and the equipment platform has a certain height for the convenience of operation of experimenters. This scheme utilizes this height, sets up detecting element in the below of equipment platform, then to current equipment platform, current equipment platform only need provide a area slightly more than the plane space of perforated plate, utilizes this plane space to dig out an access & exit that supplies the perforated plate to come in and go out, just can realize the linking of nucleic acid extraction platform and detecting element. After the porous plate is detected in the detection unit, the porous plate is pushed out of the detection unit by the porous plate pushing mechanism, the mechanical arm with the porous plate gripper moves the porous plate to the porous plate outlet, and an experimenter takes away the porous plate from the porous plate outlet. In the prior art, the perforated plate after detection needs to be manually taken out from the detection unit, and once the moving unit fails or the program is improperly set, the moving unit can quickly strike the arm extending into the equipment, so that the arm is damaged. The scheme is characterized in that the porous plate pushing mechanism is arranged, so that the porous plate can be automatically lifted, and then the mechanical arm with the porous plate gripper moves the porous plate to the porous plate outlet, so that the treatment efficiency is improved, and the porous plate pushing mechanism is safer.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a porous plate pushing mechanism in the detecting unit of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the structure of the outlet of the perforated plate according to the present invention.
In the figure: 1. a control unit; 2. a transporting unit; 3. a sample processing unit; 4. a detection unit; 5. an equipment platform; 51. an access opening; 6. a perforated plate pushing mechanism; 7. a porous plate outlet; 8. limiting guardrails.
Detailed Description
Example 1
As shown in fig. 1, the compact device for nucleic acid extraction and detection comprises a control unit 1, a transfer unit 2, a sample processing unit 3 and a detection unit 4, wherein the control unit 1 is used for man-machine interaction and storage of system parameters and data, the transfer unit 2 comprises a mechanical arm with a porous plate gripper, the sample processing unit 3 is used for purifying nucleic acid in a sample and/or preprocessing the sample, the detection unit 4 is used for detecting the purified sample, and the detection unit 4 is a PCR instrument.
The detection unit 4 is located below the sample processing unit 3. The sample processing unit 3 is disposed on an upper surface of an apparatus platform 5, the apparatus platform 5 is provided with an inlet 51 through which a porous plate is inserted and removed, and a sample cell of the detection unit 4 is disposed below the inlet 51.
As shown in FIG. 2, a porous plate pushing mechanism 6 is arranged in the detection unit 4, and the porous plate pushing mechanism 6 is a telescopic base which is positioned at the bottom of a sample cell of the PCR instrument, so that the porous plate can be conveniently lifted.
As shown in fig. 3, the device is further provided with a perforated plate outlet 7, the perforated plate outlet 7 is positioned on the outer wall of the device, and two sides of the perforated plate outlet 7 are provided with limit guardrails 8.