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- the present invention is related to the field of bio/chemical sampling, sensing, assays and applications.
- bio/chemical sensing and testing e.g. immunoassay, nucleotide assay, blood cell counting, etc.
- chemical reactions e.g. chemical reactions, and other processes
- the methods and devices that can accelerate the process (e.g. binding, mixing reagents, etc.) and quantify the parameters (e.g. analyte concentration, the sample volume, etc.), that can simplify the sample collection and measurement processes, that can handle samples with small volume, that allow an entire assay performed in less than a minute, that allow an assay performed by a smartphone (e.g. mobile phone), that allow non-professional to perform an assay her/himself, and that allow a test result to be communicated locally, remotely, or wirelessly to different relevant parties.
- the present invention relates to the methods, devices, and systems that address these needs.
- the present invention relates to the methods, devices, and systems that make bio/chemical sensing (including, not limited to, immunoassay, nucleic assay, electrolyte analysis, etc.) faster, more sensitive, less steps, easy to perform, smaller amount of samples required, less or reduced (or no) needs for professional assistance, and/or lower cost, than many current sensing methods and devices.
- bio/chemical sensing including, not limited to, immunoassay, nucleic assay, electrolyte analysis, etc.
- an RBC test involves counting the number of red blood cells in a defined amount of whole blood, and then calculating the number of red blood cells per microliter of whole blood.
- a specialized test center i.e., in an "at home", “in the pharmacy” or "point of care” environment
- an accurate measuring device that is capable of accurately measuring a relatively small volume (such as an accurate pipette or the like) of a biological fluid.
- a liquid sample can be placed in between two plates that are separated by spacers and analyzed.
- the volume of sample analyzed can be calculated by multiplying the area of the sample that is analyzed by the thickness of the sample that is analyzed.
- estimates are not easy to make and are quite inaccurate for a variety of reasons.
- some devices use beads to space the plates apart, and either the beads or one of the plates is deformable. Such devices may be prone to inaccuracy for the following reasons:
- Spherical spacers have a much smaller contact area (nearly a point) with the plates. In such devices, because of the much smaller contact area, for each unit of pressing force applied, a much larger pressure is applied onto contact area of both the plate and the spheres. This larger pressure causes the spheres and/or the plates (if they are flexible) to deform, which distorts any measurements.
- Spherical spacers usually end up being randomly distributed between two plates.
- the inter-spacer distances will vary greatly, and some of the distances are be quite large. This causes the spacers and/or the plates (if they are flexible) to deform to a much greater extent in some areas relative to other, which also distorts the results. Randomly placed spacers that are close together may become obstacles that block the movement of analytes (e.g., cells), thereby potentially producing "clumps" of analytes or cells which may cause even more difficulties.
- analytes e.g., cells
- Deformation causes variation in the time that it takes for molecules to diffuse to the surface of one of the plates.
- the volume of the part of the sample that has been analyzed can potentially be estimated by a) counting the spheres in the volume of the sample analyzed and b) experimentally estimate the thickness of a layer of sample (e.g., add an internal standard, such as an immiscible liquid that contains a known concentration of calibrant, that can be used to calculate the distance between the plates).
- an internal standard such as an immiscible liquid that contains a known concentration of calibrant
- embodiments of the present method and device rely on spacers that have a substantially uniform height, a nearly uniform cross-section (e.g. a pillar with straight sidewall), and planar (i.e., "flat") tops, that are fixed to one or more of the plates in regular pattern in which the spacers are separated from one another by a consistent, defined, distance (i.e., not at random positions that are governed by Poisson statistics).
- the spacers and plates are not significantly compressed or deformed in any dimension, at least while the plates are in the closed position and being pulled together by capillary force.
- the present device can have many advantages in that, in use of the present device, the volume of the part of the sample from which data is obtained (i.e., the "relevant volume” or the volume of the part of the sample in the analyzed area) can be readily calculated very accurately and, in some cases, can even be calculated prior to initiating an assay, even if an unknown amount of the sample is deposited onto the device. Because, in the closed position, the plates are substantially flat (which means that the thickness of the sample is uniform) and the number and dimensions of the spacers in the analyzed area are known, the volume of sample in the area can be readily calculated with high accuracy.
- the relevant volume sample can be determined without having to count the spacers in an area or estimate the thickness of a layer of sample, after the assay has been performed. There is also need to deposit specific amount of sample into the device. Further, at the beginning of an incubation, the analyte molecules should be evenly distributed throughout the relevant volume (to the extent allowed by Poisson statistics), not more concentrated in one area relative to another.
- the spacer height and assay end point may be chosen to limit the amount of lateral diffusion of analytes during the assay.
- an assay typically a binding assay
- concentration of the analyte in the sample can be estimated very accurately, even though the entire sample may not have been analyzed or may be of an unknown volume.
- an assay may be stopped and/or assay results may be read at a time that is i. equal to or longer to the time that it takes for a target entity to diffuse across the thickness of the uniform thickness layer at the closed configuration (i.e., shorter than the time that it would take for the analyte to vertically diffuse from one plate to the other); and ii. shorter than the time that it takes the target entity to laterally diffuse across the linear dimension of the predetermined area of the binding site (i.e., shorter than the time that it would take for the analyte to laterally diffuse from one side of the binding site to other).
- the volume of the part of the sample from which data is obtained (the “relevant volume”) can be estimated reasonably accurately because it is the volume of the sample that is immediately above the analyzed area. Indeed, the volume of the part of the sample from which data is obtained may be known before the assay is initiated.
- Such "local binding" embodiments have an additional advantage in that the sample and, optionally, any detection reagents are pressed into a thin layer over a binding site and, as such, binding between any analytes and/or detection reagents should reach equilibrium more quickly than in embodiments in which the sample is not pressed into a thin layer, e.g., if a drop of sample is simply placed on top of a plate with the binding site. As such, in many cases, binding equilibrium may be reached in a matter of seconds rather than minutes and, as such, many assays, particularly binding assays, can be done very quickly, e.g., in less than a minute.
- the "local binding" configuration allows one to perform multiplex assays without fluidically isolating the different reactions from one another.
- multiple assays can be done in an open environment, without the assays being walled off from one another (i.e., without fluidic isolation).
- two different analytes in the same sample can be assayed side-by-side and, because the assay is be stopped and/or the assay results are be read prior to diffusion of the one analyte from one assay area into the other, the absolute concentrations of those analytes in the sample can be determined separately from one another, even though they are not fluidically isolated from one another.
- the assays can be done by simply dropping a droplet of a sample (e.g., blood) of an unknown volume, spreading out the sample across the plates by pressing the plates together, incubating the sample for a period of time and taking a reading from multiple sites in the device.
- a sample e.g., blood
- the assay is extremely rapid for the reasons set out above. Further, because the plates do not need to be made with "walls" the manufacture of the device is straightforward.
- ports in any of the plates i.e., ports that could potentially be used for adding or removing sample or a reagent while the device is in closed position.
- the device may contain an "amplification surface" see, e.g., a surface enhances the signal, e.g., fluorescence or luminescence, that is produced by a detection agent.
- the signal can enhanced by a nanoplasmonic effect (e.g., surface-enhanced Raman scattering). Examples of signal enhancement by an amplification surface are described, e.g., in Li et al, Optics Express 201 1 19: 3925-3936 and WO2012/024006, which are incorporated herein by reference.
- the amplification surface may be a disk-coupled dots-on-pillar antenna array (D2PA), which has been described in U.S. patent no.
- D2PA disk-coupled dots-on-pillar antenna array
- a device containing an amplification surface may a signal by 10 3 fold or more, compared to a detector that is not configured to enhance the signal, thereby allowing analytes to be detected with an extremely high sensitivity.
- the amount of analyte in a relevant volume of a sample, particularly non-cell analytes that are detected using a sandwich assay can be counted digitally, e.g., using the methods described in WO2014144133.
- the use of an amplification surface allows the assay to be read using a smartphone or the like.
- the spacers are fixed to the one or more the plates are not able to change position or be swept away if the plate is immersed in an aqueous environment.
- the spacers are not spherical and they are not affixed to the surface of a plate via a weak force, such as an electrostatic force, gravity or the like.
- a plate having spacers may be a monolithic.
- the spacers are not pre-made and then affixed onto a plate (e.g., glued on or the like). Rather, the spacers may be grown and/or etched on a plate using an embossing and/ or microfabrication (e.g., a photolithography) process.
- the parameters of the spacers can be optimized so that, in the closed position, the top plate (which may be flexible) does not significantly deform over the part of the sample that is being analyzed (the "relevant volume" of the sample).
- the parameters of the spacers may be adjusted depending on the flexibility of the top plate. For example, if the top plate is more flexible, then the spacers may be closer together. Likewise, if the top plate is less flexible, then the spacers may be further apart.
- analytes do not migrate directionally through the device after the device is closed.
- the closed configuration there may be no sorting or fractionating of the analytes, no directional, forced, flow of the analytes through the device, (e.g., by gravity or electrophoresis), as described in Austin (US 6,632,652).
- the device In many cases there is no need for the device to be coupled to a power supply to generate an electromotive force.
- the function of the coverplate is to seal the device to prevent liquid leaking out and, as such, the cover-plate is placed on top of the substrate plate at a time at which there is no sample on either of the plates.
- Such devices do not push liquid onto an open plate surface to produce a thin layer of sample that can be analyzed.
- the key function of the pillars is to "filter" or sort nanoparticles (e.g., cells or alike). Hence the inter-pillar distance is determined by the nanoparticles being sorted, not for the goal of making the spacing between the cover plate and the substrate plate uniform.
- the present device and method is believed to provide an easy to use, inexpensive, easy to manufacture, and extremely rapid way to determine the absolute concentration of an analyte (or analytes, if the device and method are implemented in a multiplex way) in a liquid sample.
- One aspect of the invention is the means that uses a pair of special plates that are movable to each other to manipulate a small volume sample or one or a plurality of reagents or both for a simpler, faster, and/or better assaying.
- the manipulation includes, but limited to, reshaping a sample, forcing a sample flow, making a contact between the sample and reagent, measuring sample volume, reducing diffusion distance, increasing collision frequency, etc. - all of them have benefit effects to certain assays.
- the special features and properties on the plates, the special methods to handling the plates, and the special ways to handle the reagents and samples provide advantages in assaying.
- One aspect of the invention is the means that make at least a portion of a small droplet of a liquid sample deposited on a plate to become a thin film with a thickness that is controlled, predetermined, and uniform over large area.
- the uniform thickness can be as thin as less than 1 urn.
- the invention allows the same uniform thickness be maintained for a long time period without suffering evaporation to environment.
- Another aspect of the invention is the means that utilizes the predetermined uniform thin sample thickness formed by the invention to determine the volume of a portion or entire of the sample without using any pipette or alike.
- Another aspect of the invention is an embodiment for the spacers (for controlling the spacing between two plates), that has a pillar shape with a flat top and nearly uniform lateral cross-section. Such spacers offers many advantages in controlling a sample thickness over the spacers of ball (beads) shape.
- Another aspect of the invention is embodiments for the spacers (for controlling the spacing between two plates), that has a pillar shape with a flat top and nearly uniform lateral cross-section. Such spacers offers many advantages in controlling a sample thickness over the spacers of ball (beads) shape.
- Another aspect of the invention is the means that make certain chemical reactions (or mixing) occur predominately only in a small portion of the sample, not in the other part of the sample, without using fluidic isolation between the two portion of the sample.
- Another aspect of the invention is the means that make multiple chemical reactions (or mixing) occur predominately only in each perspective small portion of the sample, not in the other part of the sample, without using fluidic isolation between the different portion of the sample.
- the invention allows multiplexed assaying in parallel using one small drop of sample without fluidic isolation between different reaction sites.
- Another aspect of the invention is the means that make assay (e.g. immunoassay, nucleic acid assay, etc.) faster.
- assay e.g. immunoassay, nucleic acid assay, etc.
- a saturation incubation time is reduced from hours to less than 60 seconds.
- Another aspect of the invention is the means that significantly increase the detection sensitivity by one or a combination of several methods, which including an amplification surface, large or bright labels, etc.
- Another aspect of the invention is the means that perform assaying using very small amount of sample, for example as small as 0.5 uL (microliter) or less.
- Another aspect of the invention is the means that simplify an assay by allowing a minute body fluid deposited directly from a subject to the testing or sample area.
- Another aspect of the invention is the means that simplify and speed up an assay by pre-coating regents on plates.
- a capture agent and a detection agent are pre- coated and dried on the plates.
- all required sensing reagents are pre- coated on plates, and a sensing is done by depositing a sample on the pre-coated plates without a need of depositing other reagents.
- Another aspect of the invention is the means that make reading an assay performed by a mobile phone.
- Another aspect of the invention is the means that allow a person to test his/her own biomarkers on their own within 60 sees by directly deposit a drop of their own body fluid (e.g. saliva) between a pair of plastics and taking a picture with a mobile phone.
- a drop of their own body fluid e.g. saliva
- Fig. 1 is an illustration of a CROF (Compressed Regulated Open Flow) embodiment.
- Panel (a) illustrates a first plate and a second plate wherein the first plate has spacers.
- Panel (b) illustrates depositing a sample on the first plate (shown), or the second plate (not shown), or both (not shown) at an open configuration.
- Panel (c) illustrates (i) using the two plates to spread the sample (the sample flow between the plates) and reduce the sample thickness, and (ii) using the spacers and the plate to regulate the sample thickness at the closed configuration.
- the inner surface of each plate may have one or a plurality of binding sites and or storage sites (not shown).
- Fig. 2 illustrates plates with a binding site or a storage site.
- Panel (a) illustrates a plate having a binding site.
- Panel (b) illustrates a plate having a reagent storage site.
- Panel (c) illustrates a first plate having a binding site and a second plate having a reagent storage site.
- Panel (d) illustrates a plate having multiple sites (binding sites and/or storage site).
- Fig. 3 is a flow-chart and schematic of a method for reducing assay incubation time by reducing sample thickness.
- Panel (a) illustrates a first plate that has at least one binding site on a substrate surface.
- Panel (b) illustrates a second plate (which may have a different size from the first plate).
- Panel (c) illustrates depositing a sample (containing target binding entity) on the substrate surface (shown) or the cover plate (not shown), or both (not shown).
- Panel (d) illustrates moving the first and second plates so that they are facing each other, and reducing the sample thickness by reducing the spacing of the inner space between the plates.
- the reduced thickness sample is incubated.
- the reduced sample thickness speeds up the incubation time.
- Some embodiment of the method uses spacers to regulate the spacing, which (spacers) are not shown in the illustration.
- Fig. 4 shows reducing binding or mixing time by reducing the sample thickness using two pates, spacers, and compression (shown in cross-section).
- Panel (a) illustrates reducing the time for binding entities in a sample to a binding site on a solid surface (X-(Volume to Surface)).
- Panel (b) illustrates reducing the time for binding entities (e.g. reagent) stored on a surface of plate to a binding site on a surface of another surface (X-(Surface to Surface)).
- Panel (c) illustrates reducing the time for adding reagents stored on a surface of a plate into a sample that is sandwiched between the plate and other plate (X-(Surface to Volume)).
- Fig. 5 shows how to avoid or reduce local bending in a flexible plate.
- Panel (a) illustrates if the inter-spacer distance is too large for a flexible plate (the second plate, e.g. a plastic film) under a given set of sample and compress conditions, the plate has, at the closed configuration, a local sag (i.e. bending inward) between the two neighboring pacers, assuming the first plate is rigid. The sample between the plates is not drawn.
- Panel (b) illustrates local bending (sag) in a flexible plate in panel (a) is reduced or virtually avoided by using a proper inter-spacer distance and a proper compression force. The sample between the plates is not drawn.
- Fig. 6 illustrates reducing effect of large dust on the plate spacing (sample thickness) regulation.
- Panel (a) illustrates When using two rigid plates, a dust with a thickness larger than a spacer height can destroy an intended plate spacing regulation by the spacers (hence destroy the intended sample thickness regulation). The sample between the plates is not drawn.
- Panel (b) illustrates using a proper flexible plate and a proper inter-spacer distance, the effect of a dust is isolated to a small area around dust, while in other areas, the plate spacing (hence the sample thickness) is regulated by the spacers not the dust.
- This illustration has the first plate is rigid, the second plate is flexible, and the spacers are initially fixed on the first plate.
- Panel (c) illustrates an illustration of using a proper flexible plate and a proper inter-spacer distance, the effect of a dust is isolated to a small area around dust, while in other areas, the plate spacing (hence the sample thickness) is regulated by the spacers not the dust.
- This illustration has the first plate is rigid, the second plate is flexible, and the spacers are initially fixed on the second plate.
- Fig. 7 illustrates reducing effects of surface flatness variation of plate by using proper spacer arrangement and flexible plate(s).
- Panel (a) shows that surface flatness variation can be significantly large compared with a desired sample thickness, causing errors in determining a sample thickness. In this illustration, only one plate has a large flatness variation (in reality, both plates may have large flatness variation). The sample between the plates is not drawn.
- Panel (b) illustrates a surface flatness variation distance of a plate, ⁇ , is the distance from a local maximum to a neighboring local minimum of a surface height.
- Panel (c) illustrates how a small surface flatness variation can be achieved by making one or both plate flexible and using a proper inter-spacer distance and proper compressing force to correct, at the closed configuration, the original surface flatness variation of the plate when they are at open configuration. The sample between the plates is not drawn.
- Panel (d) illustrates making the sample thickness variation less than the initial surface flatness variation of the plate by using a flexible second plate and a proper inter spacer distance. The flexible plate follows the contour of the rigid plate. The sample between the plates is not drawn.
- Fig. 8 illustrates plates and enclosed-spacers (well) for sample thickness regulation.
- Panel (a) illustrates a first plate and a second plate, wherein the first plate has an enclosed- spacer (well).
- Panel (b) illustrates depositing a sample on the first plate (shown), or the second plate (not shown), or both (not shown) at an open configuration.
- Panel (c) illustrates (i) using the two plates to spread the sample (the sample flow between the plates) and reduce the sample thickness, and (ii) using the spacers and the plate to regulate the sample thickness at the closed configuration.
- Fig. 9 illustrates another embodiment that uses enclosed-spacers (well) for sample thickness regulation.
- Panel (a) illustrates a first plate and a second plate, wherein the first plate has an enclosed-spacer (well) and at least one spacer inside the well.
- Panel (b) illustrates depositing a sample on the first plate (shown), or the second plate (not shown), or both (not shown) at an open configuration.
- Panel (c) illustrates (i) using the two plates to spread the sample (the sample flow between the plates) and reduce the sample thickness, and (ii) using the spacers and the plate to regulate the sample thickness at the closed configuration.
- Panel (d) illustrates another embodiment of the first and second plates, wherein the first plate does not have a spacer inside the well.
- FIG. 10 schematically illustrates an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a multiplexed detection in a single CROF device using one binding site one plate and a plurality of storage sites on the other plate.
- Panel (a) and (b) is a perspective and a cross-sectional view of an exemplary device, respectively.
- FIG. 11 schematically illustrates a further exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a multiplexed detection in a single CROF device using one storage site on one plate and multiple binding sites on the other plate.
- Panel (a) and (b) is a perspective and a cross- sectional view of an exemplary device, respectively.
- FIG. 12 schematically illustrates a further exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a multiplexed detection in a single CROF device with multiple binding sites on one plate and multiple corresponding storage sites on another plate.
- Panel (a) and (b) is a perspective and a cross-sectional view of an exemplary device, respectively.
- Fig. 13A schematically illustrate a QMAX assay that uses CROF with a spacer array of 30 um spacer height to achieve an assay with an saturation incubation time less than 30 sec.
- Fig. 13B is the measurement of signal of captured label vs incubation time, demonstrating that the saturation incubation time of less than 30 sees for a QMAX assay described in Fig. 13 a.
- Fig. 14 shows experimentally measured LoD (limit of detection) for QAX & QMAX assay with 30 um gap (for CROF device) with wash (heterogeneous assay) and without wash (homogenous assay).
- Fig. 15 illustrate a top view and cross-section view of (i) dropping a small volume sample on a glass substrate, (ii) the sample area expanded at the closed configuration of CROF.
- Fig. 16 illustrates the meaning of the some of the terms used herein.
- Fig. 17 Spacers on a plate. Top view of photograph of (a) 46um x 46um pillar spacer size and 54 um inter pillar distance, and (b) 10 um x 70 um pillar spacer size and 10um pillar distance; and prospect view SEM of (c) 30 um x 40 um pillar spacer size of 2 um spacer height, and (d) 30 um x 40 um pillar spacer size of 30 um spacer height.
- Fig. 18 Effects of IDS and plate thickness and materials on sample thickness.
- the substrates of CROF devices are non-treated 250 um thick planar PMMA (25.4mm x 25.4mm in size.
- the X-Plates comprises a periodic pillar spacer array of 5 um spacer height, a rectangle shape (10x10 um pillar lateral size, nearly uniform cross-section, and round corners), and 20um, 50um, 100um, 200um, 500um inter spacer distance, made of PMMA or PS of 25.4mm x 25.4mm in size.
- label— ⁇ — is for 175 um thick PMMA using a blood sample
- label * is for 175 um thick PMMA using a saliva sample
- label — ⁇ — is for 125 um thick PS using PBS sample
- label is for 50 um thick
- label is for 25 um thick PS using a blood sample.
- ISD inter spacing distance
- h the height (thickness) of the material
- E the Young's modulus of the material
- x is a fitting parameter with a typical range of 1 to 3.
- the substrates of CROF devices are non-treated 250 um thick PMMA (25.4mm x 25.4mm in size)
- the X-Plates are 175 um thick non-treated PMMA, 125 um thick non-treated PS, 50 um thick non-treated PMMA and 25 um thick non-treated PS(25.4mm x 25.4mm in size), comprising a periodic pillar spacer array of 5 urn spacer height, a rectangle shape (10x10 urn pillar lateral size, nearly uniform cross-section, and round corners), and 20um, 50um, 100um, 200um, 500um inter spacer distance
- the sample was 2uL blood (dropped by direct contact with finger), saliva, or PBS (dropped by pipette)
- the CROF devices were hand pressed by hand pressing and rub over 1 in by 1 in area, and were self-hold after the press.
- Fig. 20 Measured sample thickness deviation and uniformity vs. inter spacer distance for different pillar spacer's size and height on the X-Plates.
- the substrate plates of CROF devices are non-treated 1 mm thick Glass (25.4mm x 25.4mm in size), the X-Plates are 125 urn thick non-treated PS (25.4mm x 25.4mm in size), comprising a periodic pillar spacer array of 5 urn spacer height with a rectangle shape of 10x10 urn pillar lateral size (nearly uniform cross- section, and round corners) with 20um, 50um, 100um, 200um, 500um inter spacer distance (label— ⁇ — ); 40x40 urn pillar lateral size with 60um, 150um and 200um inter spacer distance (label ⁇ ); a periodic pillar spacer array of 12 urn spacer height with a rectangle shape of 40x40 urn pillar lateral size with 150um and 200um inter spacer distance (label —
- Fig. 21 Measured sample thickness deviation and uniformity vs. different ratio of pillar width to pillar height while keep ISD for all the samples less than 150 urn.
- the substrates of CROF devices are non-treated 1 mm thick Glass (25.4mm x 25.4mm in size).
- the CROF devices were hand pressed by hand pressing and rub over 1 in by 1 in area, and were self-hold after the press.
- Fig. 22 Measured sample thickness deviation and uniformity vs. inter spacer distance and pillar size / height of X-Plates, with the substrates of CROF devices are non-treated 1 mm thick Glass (25.4mm x 25.4mm in size), the X-Plates are 125 um thick non-treated PS (25.4mm x 25.4mm in size), comprising a periodic pillar spacer array of 5 um spacer height with a rectangle shape of 10x10 um pillar lateral size (nearly uniform cross-section, and round corners) with 20um, 50um, 100um, 200um, 500um inter spacer distance (label — ⁇ — ), 40x40 um pillar lateral size with 60um, 150um and 200um inter spacer distance (label ® ); a periodic pillar spacer array of 12 um spacer height with a rectangle shape of 40x40 um pillar lateral size with 60um, 150um and 200um inter spacer distance (label ⁇ ); a periodic pillar spacer array of 22 um spacer
- Figure 23 Measured sample thickness deviation and uniformity vs. different X-Plate thickness (25um to 525um) but fixed pillar size (30 x 38um), pillar height (2um) and inter spacing distances (80 x 82 um) made of non-treated PMMA, where the substrate is a 1 mm thick non-treated Glass (25.4mm x 25.4mm in size) , the sample was 1 uL blood dropped by direct contact with finger, and the CROF devices were hand pressed by hand pressing and rub over 1 in by 1 in area, and were self-hold after the press.
- Figure 24 shows measured spacing size deviation / uniformity of CROF device (different combination pairs of hydrophilic-hydrophilic with label , hydrophilic- hydrophobic with label— ⁇ — ) with blood volume from 0.1 uL to 0.5ul_, but same X-Plate pillar size (30 x 38um), pillar height (2um) and inter spacing distances (80 x 82 um), where the substrate is a 1 mm thick Glass (25.4mm x 25.4mm in size) and the X-Plate is made of 175um thick PMMA (25.4mm x 25.4mm in size.
- the blood was dropped by direct contact with finger, and the CROF devices were hand pressed by hand pressing and rub over 1 in by 1 in area.
- Figure 25 Measured sample thickness deviation and uniformity vs. substrates of non- treated 1 mm thick Glass with label — ⁇ — or non-treated 250 um thick PMMA with label ® (25.4mm x 25.4mm in size), where the X-Plate is a 175 um thick non-treated PMMA (25.4mm x 25.4mm in size) comprising a periodic pillar spacer array of 5 um spacer height, a rectangle shape (10x10 um pillar lateral size, nearly uniform cross-section, and round corners), and 50 um, 100um, 200um and 500um inter spacer distance, the sample was 2uL blood dropped by direct contact with finger, and the CROF devices were hand pressed by hand pressing and rub over 1 in by 1 in area, and were self-hold after the press.
- Figure 26 Measured sample thickness deviation and uniformity vs. tests at different hand pressing time of 0s to 60s, where the substrate of CROF devices is non-treated 250 um thick PMMA (25.4mm x 25.4mm in size), the X-Plate is a 175 um thick non-treated PMMA (25.4mm x 25.4mm in size) comprising a periodic pillar spacer array of 2 um spacer height, a rectangle shape (30x38 um pillar lateral size, nearly uniform cross-section, and round corners), and 80 um inter spacer distance, the sample was 1 uL blood deposited by direct contact, and the CROF devices were hand pressed by hand pressing and rub over 1 in by 1 in area, and were self-hold after the press.
- Figure 27 Measured sample thickness deviation and uniformity vs. the average IDS for using random ball spacer or regular pillar spacer (X-Plate), where the substrate of CROF devices is non-treated 1 mm thick Glass (25.4mm x 25.4mm in size), the X-Plate is a 175 um thick non-treated PMMA (25.4mm x 25.4mm in size) comprising a periodic pillar spacer array of 5 um spacer height, a rectangle shape (10x10 um pillar lateral size, nearly uniform cross- section, and round corners), and 20 um, 50um and 100um inter spacer distance, the sample was 2uL PBS, and the CROF devices were hand pressed by hand pressing and rub over 1 in by 1 in area, and were self-hold after the press.
- X-Plate random ball spacer or regular pillar spacer
- the ball is soda lime microspheres with average diameter of 4um (5% size variation) in PBS.
- the microspheres are distributed in PBS with concentrations of 4x10 5 /ul_, 0.9x10 5 /ul_, and 0.2x10 5 /uL, which corresponding to 20 um, 50um and 100um average inter spacer distance after press.
- Two kinds of cover plate are used, non- treated 220um thick Glass (25.4mm x 25.4mm in size) and non-treated 175um thick PMMA (25.4mm x 25.4mm in size). The all devices were pressed by hand pressing and rub over 1 in by 1 in area, and were self-hold after the press.
- Label— ⁇ — is for using X-Plate
- label & is for using beads as spacer and 220um thick Glass slide as cover plate
- label — ⁇ — is for using beads as spacer and 175um thick PMMA film as cover plate.
- Figure 28 Measured sample thickness deviation and uniformity vs. different X-Plate thickness (25um to 350 um) and substrate thickness (25um to 750um).
- X-Plates have fixed pillar size (30 x 38um), pillar height (10um) and inter spacing distances (80 x 82 um) made of non-treated PMMA with thickness of 25um, 175um and 350um, where the substrate is made of non-treated PMMA (25.4mm x 25.4mm in size) with thickness of 25um, 50um, 175um, 250um and 750um.
- the sample was 4uL blood dropped by direct contact with finger, and the CROF devices were hand pressed by hand pressing and rub over 1 in by 1 in area, and were self-hold after the press.
- label— ⁇ — is for using 25 um thick X-Plate
- label ⁇ is for using 175 um thick X-Plate
- label — ⁇ — is for 350 um thick X-Plate.
- Fig. 29 shows (a) the microscope photo (40x) of blood cells in X-devices with plate spacing (hence a sample thickness) of 1 um, 2um, 3um and 5um.
- 1 um spacing X-device lyses most (99%) of the RBCs, remains platelets unlysed.
- 2um spacing X-device separates each RBC well and makes RBCs single layer. Some stacked RBCs are observed in 3um spacing X-device, and much more stacked RBCs in 5um spacing X-device. Single layer cell (2um X-device) is preferred for counting.
- the ratio of the red blood cell area (measured from 2D top view image) to the total lateral area of CROF plate. The maximum at 2 um plate spacing (i.e.
- Fig. 30 Schematic of the BCI (Blood-cell-counting by CROF and Imaging) by smartphone (a) and photographs of the device (b).
- BCI Bood-cell-counting by CROF and Imaging
- smartphone-BCI In a blood test using the smartphone-BCI, one person first has a card (1 ) and pricks her/finger (2), then deposits a small amount of blood directly from the finger onto the CROF-Card by touching the card (2), closes the card (3) and presses by a finger (4) and release it (5), inserts the card into the optical adapter (5), and finally takes a picture of the card using the smartphone (6), and from the pictures taken, the software measures the blood volume and the blood cell counts and other parameters (6).
- Fig. 31 Bright-field optical microscopy images of fresh (a) and stored (b) undiluted whole blood in the CROF-Card with different final gaps, and illustration of RBCs behavior for different confinement gap.
- (c) shows cross-sectional and top-view schematics of (1 ) RBCs are separated from others, have no observable overlap in CROF with 2 urn gap, while (2) RBCs overlap each other in CROF with gap larger than 2 urn.
- Fig. 32 Bright-field (1 ) and fluorescence (2) images of the same sample (fresh blood in CROF-Card taken) by smartphone with optical adapter (a) and by a high resolution microscope with DSLR camera (b). The images show that the smartphone with the optical adopter has similar blood cells photo quality as that of the high-resolution microscope and camera.
- Fig. 33 shows the measured optical intensity of one typical WBC and PLT vs their locations of these separated cells.
- WBC has a diameter (FWHM) around 12um
- PLT has a diameter (FWHM) around 2um.
- the maximum intensity of WBC is around 3 times larger than PLT. Both the intensity and area give WBC's overall intensity around 108 times larger than
- Fig. 34 shows (a) a scatter plot of intensity of the green channel light vs that of the red channel intensities; and (b) histogram of red/green channel intensity ratios for 594 WBCs within the images. From this image we can clearly see that the cells cluster into three distinct regions
- the present invention is related to, among other things, methods, devices, and systems that can improve and/or speed up the quantification, binding, and/or sensing of an analyte and/or entity in a sample.
- polypeptide refers to polymers of amino acids of any length.
- the polymer may be linear or branched, it may comprise modified amino acids, and it may be interrupted by non-amino acids.
- the terms also encompass an amino acid polymer that has been modified; for example, disulfide bond formation, glycosylation, lipidation, acetylation, phosphorylation, or any other manipulation, such as conjugation with a labeling component.
- amino acid refers to either natural and/or unnatural or synthetic amino acids, including glycine and both the D or L optical isomers, and amino acid analogs and peptidomimetics.
- polynucleotide refers to a polymeric form of nucleotides of any length, either deoxyribonucleotides (DNA) or ribonucleotides (RNA), or analogs thereof.
- Polynucleotides may have any three- dimensional structure, and may perform any function, known or unknown.
- polynucleotides coding or non-coding regions of a gene or gene fragment, loci (locus) defined from linkage analysis, exons, introns, messenger RNA (mRNA), transfer RNA (tRNA), ribosomal RNA, ribozymes, small interfering RNA, (siRNA), microRNA (miRNA), small nuclear RNA (snRNA), cDNA, recombinant polynucleotides, branched polynucleotides, plasmids, vectors, isolated DNA (A, B and Z structures) of any sequence, PNA, locked nucleic acid (LNA), TNA (treose nucleic acid), isolated RNA of any sequence, nucleic acid probes, and primers.
- loci defined from linkage analysis, exons, introns, messenger RNA (mRNA), transfer RNA (tRNA), ribosomal RNA, ribozymes, small interfering RNA, (siRNA), microRNA (mi
- LNA often referred to as inaccessible RNA
- LNA nucleotide is a modified RNA nucleotide.
- the ribose moiety of an LNA nucleotide is modified with an extra bridge connecting the 2' and 4' carbons. The bridge "locks" the ribose in the 3'-endo structural conformation, which is often found in the A-form of DNA or RNA, which can significantly improve thermal stability.
- capture agent refers to a binding member, e.g. nucleic acid molecule, polypeptide molecule, or any other molecule or compound, that can specifically bind to its binding partner, e.g., a second nucleic acid molecule containing nucleotide sequences complementary to a first nucleic acid molecule, an antibody that specifically recognizes an antigen, an antigen specifically recognized by an antibody, a nucleic acid aptamer that can specifically bind to a target molecule, etc.
- a capture agent may concentrate the target molecule from a heterogeneous mixture of different molecules by specifically binding to the target molecule. Binding may be non-covalent or covalent.
- the affinity between a binding member and its binding partner to which it specifically binds when they are specifically bound to each other in a binding complex is characterized by a K D (dissociation constant) of 10 "5 M or less, 10 "6 M or less, such as 10 ⁇ 7 M or less, including 10 ⁇ 8 M or less, e.g., 10 ⁇ 9 M or less, 10 ⁇ 10 M or less, 10 ⁇ 11 M or less, 10 ⁇ 12 M or less, 10 ⁇ 13 M or less, 10 ⁇ 14 M or less, 10 ⁇ 15 M or less, including 10 ⁇ 16 M or less.
- K D dissociation constant
- a secondary capture agent which can also be referred to as a “detection agent” refers a group of biomolecules or chemical compounds that have highly specific affinity to the antigen.
- the secondary capture agent can be strongly linked to an optical detectable label, e.g., enzyme, fluorescence label, or can itself be detected by another detection agent that is linked to an optical detectable label through bioconjugation (Hermanson, "Bioconjugate Techniques” Academic Press, 2nd Ed., 2008).
- capture agent-reactive group refers to a moiety of chemical function in a molecule that is reactive with capture agents, i.e., can react with a moiety (e.g., a hydroxyl, sulfhydryl, carboxyl or amine group) in a capture agent to produce a stable strong, e.g., covalent bond.
- a moiety e.g., a hydroxyl, sulfhydryl, carboxyl or amine group
- specific binding and “selective binding” refer to the ability of a capture agent to preferentially bind to a particular target analyte that is present in a heterogeneous mixture of different target analytes.
- a specific or selective binding interaction will discriminate between desirable (e.g., active) and undesirable (e.g., inactive) target analytes in a sample, typically more than about 10 to 100-fold or more (e.g., more than about 1000- or 10,000-fold).
- antibody is meant a protein consisting of one or more polypeptides substantially encoded by all or part of the recognized immunoglobulin genes.
- the recognized immunoglobulin genes include the kappa ( ⁇ ), lambda ( ⁇ ), and heavy chain genetic loci, which together comprise the myriad variable region genes, and the constant region genes mu ( ⁇ ), delta ( ⁇ ), gamma ( ⁇ ), sigma ( ⁇ ), and alpha (a) which encode the IgM, IgD, IgG, IgE, and IgA antibody "isotypes" or "classes” respectively.
- Antibody herein is meant to include full length antibodies and antibody fragments, and may refer to a natural antibody from any organism, an engineered antibody, or an antibody generated recombinantly for experimental, therapeutic, or other purposes.
- the term "antibody” includes full length antibodies, and antibody fragments, as are known in the art, such as Fab, Fab', F(ab')2, Fv, scFv, or other antigen-binding subsequences of antibodies, either produced by the modification of whole antibodies or those synthesized de novo using recombinant DNA technologies.
- antibody epitope can include proteins, carbohydrates, nucleic acids, hormones, receptors, tumor markers, and the like, and mixtures thereof.
- An antibody epitope can also be a group of antibody epitopes, such as a particular fraction of proteins eluted from a size exclusion chromatography column.
- an antibody epitope can also be identified as a designated clone from an expression library or a random epitope library.
- an “allergen,” as used herein is a substance that elicits an allergic, inflammatory reaction in an individual when the individual is exposed to the substance, e.g., by skin contact, ingestion, inhalation, eye contact, etc.
- An allergen may include a group of substances that together elicit the allergic reaction.
- Allergens may be found in sources classified by the following groups: natural and artificial fibers (cotton, linen, wool, silk, teak, etc., wood, straw, and other dust); tree pollens (alder, birch, hazel, oak, poplar, palm, and others); weeds and flowers (ambrosia, artemisia, and others); grasses and corns (fescue, timothy grass, rye, wheat, corn, bluegrass, and others); drugs (antibiotics, antimicrobial drugs, analgetics and non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs, anesthetics and muscle relaxants, hormones, and others); epidermal and animal allergens (epithelium of animals, feathers of birds, sera, and others); molds and yeasts (Penicillium notation, Cladosporium spp., Aspergillus fumigatus, Mucor racemosus, and others); insect venoms; preservatives (butylparaben, sorbic acid
- Hybridization refers to a reaction in which one or more polynucleotides react to form a complex that is stabilized via hydrogen bonding between the bases of the nucleotide residues.
- the hydrogen bonding may occur by Watson-Crick base pairing, Hoogstein binding, or in any other sequence-specific manner.
- the complex may comprise two strands forming a duplex structure, three or more strands forming a multi-stranded complex, a single self- hybridizing strand, or any combination of these.
- hybridization can be performed under conditions of various stringency. Suitable hybridization conditions are such that the recognition interaction between a capture sequence and a target nucleic acid is both sufficiently specific and sufficiently stable. Conditions that increase the stringency of a hybridization reaction are widely known and published in the art. See, for example, Green, et al., (2012), infra.
- protein refers to a polymeric form of amino acids of any length, i.e. greater than 2 amino acids, greater than about 5 amino acids, greater than about 10 amino acids, greater than about 20 amino acids, greater than about 50 amino acids, greater than about 100 amino acids, greater than about 200 amino acids, greater than about 500 amino acids, greater than about 1000 amino acids, greater than about 2000 amino acids, usually not greater than about 10,000 amino acids, which can include coded and non-coded amino acids, chemically or biochemically modified or derivatized amino acids, and polypeptides having modified peptide backbones.
- fusion proteins including, but not limited to, fusion proteins with a heterologous amino acid sequence, fusions with heterologous and homologous leader sequences, with or without N-terminal methionine residues; immunologically tagged proteins; fusion proteins with detectable fusion partners, e.g., fusion proteins including as a fusion partner a fluorescent protein, ⁇ -galactosidase, luciferase, etc.; and the like.
- polypeptides that are post-translationally modified in a cell e.g., glycosylated, cleaved, secreted, prenylated, carboxylated, phosphorylated, etc.
- polypeptides with secondary or tertiary structure e.g., polypeptides with secondary or tertiary structure
- polypeptides that are strongly bound e.g., covalently or non-covalently, to other moieties, e.g., other polypeptides, atoms, cofactors, etc.
- complementary refers to a nucleotide sequence that base- pairs by hydrogen bonds to a target nucleic acid of interest.
- adenine (A) forms a base pair with thymine (T), as does guanine (G) with cytosine (C) in DNA.
- thymine is replaced by uracil (U).
- U uracil
- A is complementary to T and G is complementary to C.
- complementary refers to a nucleotide sequence that is fully complementary to a target of interest such that every nucleotide in the sequence is complementary to every nucleotide in the target nucleic acid in the corresponding positions.
- nucleotide sequence When a nucleotide sequence is not fully complementary (100% complementary) to a non-target sequence but still may base pair to the non-target sequence due to complementarity of certain stretches of nucleotide sequence to the non-target sequence, percent complementarily may be calculated to assess the possibility of a non-specific (off-target) binding. In general, a complementary of 50% or less does not lead to non-specific binding. In addition, a complementary of 70% or less may not lead to non-specific binding under stringent hybridization conditions.
- ribonucleic acid and "RNA” as used herein mean a polymer composed of ribonucleotides.
- deoxyribonucleic acid and "DNA” as used herein mean a polymer composed of deoxyribonucleotides.
- oligonucleotide denotes single stranded nucleotide multimers of from about 10 to 200 nucleotides and up to 300 nucleotides in length, or longer, e.g., up to 500 nucleotides in length or longer. Oligonucleotides may be synthetic and, in certain embodiments, are less than 300 nucleotides in length.
- attaching refers to the strong, e.g., covalent or non-covalent, bond joining of one molecule to another.
- surface attached refers to a molecule that is strongly attached to a surface.
- sample as used herein relates to a material or mixture of materials containing one or more analytes or entity of interest.
- the sample may be obtained from a biological sample such as cells, tissues, bodily fluids, and stool.
- Bodily fluids of interest include but are not limited to, amniotic fluid, aqueous humour, vitreous humour, blood (e.g., whole blood, fractionated blood, plasma, serum, etc.), breast milk, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), cerumen (earwax), chyle, chime, endolymph, perilymph, feces, gastric acid, gastric juice, lymph, mucus (including nasal drainage and phlegm), pericardial fluid, peritoneal fluid, pleural fluid, pus, rheum, saliva, sebum (skin oil), semen, sputum, sweat, synovial fluid, tears, vomit, urine and exhaled condensate.
- blood e.g., whole blood, fractionated blood, plasma, serum, etc.
- CSF cerebrospinal fluid
- cerumen earwax
- chyle e.g., chyle
- chime endolymph
- a sample may be obtained from a subject, e.g., a human, and it may be processed prior to use in the subject assay.
- the protein/nucleic acid may be extracted from a tissue sample prior to use, methods for which are known.
- the sample may be a clinical sample, e.g., a sample collected from a patient.
- analyte refers to a molecule (e.g., a protein, peptides, DNA, RNA, nucleic acid, or other molecule), cells, tissues, viruses, and nanoparticles with different shapes.
- test refers to testing a sample to detect the presence and/or abundance of an analyte.
- determining As used herein, the terms “determining,” “measuring,” and “assessing,” and “assaying” are used interchangeably and include both quantitative and qualitative determinations.
- the term "light-emitting label” refers to a label that can emit light when under an external excitation. This can be luminescence. Fluorescent labels (which include dye molecules or quantum dots), and luminescent labels (e.g., electro- or chemi-luminescent labels) are types of light-emitting label.
- the external excitation is light (photons) for fluorescence, electrical current for electroluminescence and chemical reaction for chemi-luminescence. An external excitation can be a combination of the above.
- labeled analyte refers to an analyte that is detectably labeled with a light emitting label such that the analyte can be detected by assessing the presence of the label.
- a labeled analyte may be labeled directly (i.e., the analyte itself may be directly conjugated to a label, e.g., via a strong bond, e.g., a covalent or non-covalent bond), or a labeled analyte may be labeled indirectly (i.e., the analyte is bound by a secondary capture agent that is directly labeled).
- hybridizing and “binding”, with respect to nucleic acids, are used interchangeably.
- capture agent/analyte complex is a complex that results from the specific binding of a capture agent with an analyte.
- a capture agent and an analyte for the capture agent will usually specifically bind to each other under "specific binding conditions” or “conditions suitable for specific binding”, where such conditions are those conditions (in terms of salt concentration, pH, detergent, protein concentration, temperature, etc.) which allow for binding to occur between capture agents and analytes to bind in solution.
- specific binding conditions or “conditions suitable for specific binding”
- Such conditions particularly with respect to antibodies and their antigens and nucleic acid hybridization are well known in the art (see, e.g., Harlow and Lane (Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. (1989) and Ausubel, et al, Short Protocols in Molecular Biology, 5th ed., Wiley & Sons, 2002).
- binding conditions and “conditions suitable for binding,” as used herein with respect to binding of a capture agent to an analyte, e.g., a biomarker, a biomolecule, a synthetic organic compound, an inorganic compound, etc., refers to conditions that produce nucleic acid duplexes or, protein/protein (e.g., antibody/antigen) complexes, protein/compound complexes, aptamer/target complexes that contain pairs of molecules that specifically bind to one another, while, at the same time, disfavor to the formation of complexes between molecules that do not specifically bind to one another.
- protein/protein e.g., antibody/antigen
- Specific binding conditions are the summation or combination (totality) of both hybridization and wash conditions, and may include a wash and blocking steps, if necessary.
- specific binding conditions can be achieved by incubation at 42 e C in a solution: 50 % formamide, 5 ⁇ SSC (150 mM NaCI, 15 mM trisodium citrate), 50 mM sodium phosphate (pH7.6), 5 ⁇ Denhardt's solution, 10% dextran sulfate, and 20 ⁇ g/ml denatured, sheared salmon sperm DNA, followed by washing the filters in 0.1 x SSC at about 65 e C.
- specific binding conditions can be achieved by blocking a first plate containing antibodies in blocking solution (e.g., PBS with 3% BSA or nonfat milk), followed by incubation with a sample containing analytes in diluted blocking buffer. After this incubation, the first plate is washed in washing solution (e.g. PBS+TWEEN 20) and incubated with a secondary capture antibody (detection antibody, which recognizes a second site in the antigen).
- the secondary capture antibody may be conjugated with an optical detectable label, e.g., a fluorophore such as IRDye800CW, Alexa 790, Dylight 800. After another wash, the presence of the bound secondary capture antibody may be detected.
- a fluorophore such as IRDye800CW, Alexa 790, Dylight 800.
- a subject may be any human or non-human animal.
- a subject may be a person performing the instant method, a patient, a customer in a testing center, etc.
- an “analyte,” as used herein is any substance that is suitable for testing in the present method.
- a "diagnostic sample” refers to any biological sample that is a bodily byproduct, such as bodily fluids, that has been derived from a subject.
- the diagnostic sample may be obtained directly from the subject in the form of liquid, or may be derived from the subject by first placing the bodily byproduct in a solution, such as a buffer.
- exemplary diagnostic samples include, but are not limited to, saliva, serum, blood, sputum, urine, sweat, lacrima, semen, feces, breath, biopsies, mucus, etc.
- an "environmental sample” refers to any sample that is obtained from the environment.
- An environmental sample may include liquid samples from a river, lake, pond, ocean, glaciers, icebergs, rain, snow, sewage, reservoirs, tap water, drinking water, etc.; solid samples from soil, compost, sand, rocks, concrete, wood, brick, sewage, etc.; and gaseous samples from the air, underwater heat vents, industrial exhaust, vehicular exhaust, etc.
- samples that are not in liquid form are converted to liquid form before analyzing the sample with the present method.
- a "foodstuff sample” refers to any sample that is suitable for animal consumption, e.g., human consumption.
- a foodstuff sample may include raw ingredients, cooked food, plant and animal sources of food, preprocessed food as well as partially or fully processed food, etc.
- samples that are not in liquid form are converted to liquid form before analyzing the sample with the present method.
- diagnosis refers to the use of a method or an analyte for identifying, predicting the outcome of and/or predicting treatment response of a disease or condition of interest.
- a diagnosis may include predicting the likelihood of or a predisposition to having a disease or condition, estimating the severity of a disease or condition, determining the risk of progression in a disease or condition, assessing the clinical response to a treatment, and/or predicting the response to treatment.
- Biomarker is any molecule or compound that is found in a sample of interest and that is known to be diagnostic of or associated with the presence of or a predisposition to a disease or condition of interest in the subject from which the sample is derived.
- Biomarkers include, but are not limited to, polypeptides or a complex thereof (e.g., antigen, antibody), nucleic acids (e.g., DNA, miRNA, mRNA), drug metabolites, lipids, carbohydrates, hormones, vitamins, etc., that are known to be associated with a disease or condition of interest.
- a “condition” as used herein with respect to diagnosing a health condition refers to a physiological state of mind or body that is distinguishable from other physiological states.
- a health condition may not be diagnosed as a disease in some cases.
- Exemplary health conditions of interest include, but are not limited to, nutritional health; aging; exposure to environmental toxins, pesticides, herbicides, synthetic hormone analogs; pregnancy; menopause; andropause; sleep; stress; prediabetes; exercise; fatigue; chemical balance; etc.
- biotin moiety refers to an affinity agent that includes biotin or a biotin analogue such as desthiobiotin, oxybiotin, 2'-iminobiotin, diaminobiotin, biotin sulfoxide, biocytin, etc. Biotin moieties bind to streptavidin with an affinity of at least 10-8M.
- a biotin affinity agent may also include a linker, e.g.,— LC-biotin,— LC-LC-Biotin,— SLC-Biotin or— PEGn-Biotin where n is 3-12.
- streptavidin refers to both streptavidin and avidin, as well as any variants thereof that bind to biotin with high affinity.
- marker refers to an analyte whose presence or abundance in a biological sample is correlated with a disease or condition.
- bond includes covalent and non-covalent bonds, including hydrogen bonds, ionic bonds and bonds produced by van der Waal forces.
- amplify refers to an increase in the magnitude of a signal, e.g., at least a 10- fold increase, at least a 100-fold increase at least a 1 ,000-fold increase, at least a 10,000-fold increase, or at least a 100,000-fold increase in a signal.
- entity refers to, but not limited to proteins, peptides, DNA, RNA, nucleic acid, molecules (small or large), cells, tissues, viruses, nanoparticles with different shapes, that would bind to a "binding site”.
- entity includes the capture agent, detection agent, and blocking agent.
- entity includes the “analyte”, and the two terms are used interchangeably.
- binding site refers to a location on a solid surface that can immobilize "entity” in a sample.
- entity partners refers to, but not limited to proteins, peptides, DNA, RNA, nucleic acid, molecules (small or large), cells, tissues, viruses, nanoparticles with different shapes, that are on a "binding site” and would bind to the entity.
- entity include, but not limited to, capture agents, detection agents, secondary detection agents, or "capture agent/analyte complex”.
- target analytes or “target entity” refers to a particular analyte that will be specifically analyzed (i.e. detected), or a particular entity that will be specifically bound to the binding site.
- smart phone or “mobile phone”, which are used interchangeably, refers to the type of phones that has a camera and communication hardware and software that can take an image using the camera, manipulate the image taken by the camera, and communicate data to a remote place.
- the Smart Phone has a flash light.
- light refers to, unless specifically specified, an electromagnetic radiation with various wavelength.
- the term "average linear dimension" of an area is defined as a length that equals to the area times 4 then divided by the perimeter of the area.
- the area is a rectangle, that has width w, and length L, then the average of the linear dimension of the rectangle is 4*W*L/(2*(L+W)) (where "*" means multiply and 7" means divide).
- the average line dimension is, respectively, W for a square of a width W, and d for a circle with a diameter d.
- the area include, but not limited to, the area of a binding site or a storage site.
- periodic structure array refers to the distance from the center of a structure to the center of the nearest neighboring identical structure.
- the term "storage site” refers to a site of an area on a plate, wherein the site contains reagents to be added into a sample, and the reagents are capable of being dissolving into the sample that is in contract with the reagents and diffusing in the sample.
- relevant means that it is relevant to detection of analytes, quantification and/or control of analyte or entity in a sample or on a plate, or quantification or control of reagent to be added to a sample or a plate.
- hydrophilic means that the contact angle of a sample on the surface is less than 90 degree.
- hydrophobic means that the contact angle of a sample on the surface is equal to or larger than 90 degree.
- variable of a quantity refers to the difference between the actual value and the desired value or the average of the quantity.
- relative variation refers to the ratio of the variation to the desired value or the average of the quantity. For example, if the desired value of a quantity is Q and the actual value is (Q+ ⁇ ), then the ⁇ is the variation and the ⁇ /(Q+A) is the relative variation.
- relative sample thickness variation refers to the ratio of the sample thickness variation to the average sample thickness.
- optical transparent refers to a material that allows a transmission of an optical signal
- optical signal refers to, unless specified otherwise, the optical signal that is used to probe a property of the sample, the plate, the spacers, the scale-marks, any structures used, or any combinations of thereof.
- sample-volume refers to, at a closed configuration of a CROF process, the volume between the plates that is occupied not by the sample but by other objects that are not the sample.
- the objects include, but not limited to, spacers, air bubbles, dusts, or any combinations of thereof. Often none-sample-volume(s) is mixed inside the sample.
- saturation incubation time refers to the time needed for the binding between two types of molecules (e.g. capture agents and analytes) to reach an equilibrium.
- the “saturation incubation time” refers the time needed for the binding between the target analyte (entity) in the sample and the binding site on plate surface reaches an equilibrium, namely, the time after which the average number of the target molecules (the entity) captured and immobilized by the binding site is statistically nearly constant.
- a “processor,” “communication device,” “mobile device,” refer to computer systems that contain basic electronic elements (including one or more of a memory, input-output interface, central processing unit, instructions, network interface, power source, etc.) to perform computational tasks.
- the computer system may be a general purpose computer that contains instructions to perform a specific task, or may be a special-purpose computer.
- a “site” or “location” as used in describing signal or data communication refers to the local area in which a device or subject resides.
- a site may refer to a room within a building structure, such as a hospital, or a smaller geographically defined area within a larger geographically defined area.
- a remote site or remote location with reference to a first site that is remote from a second site, is a first site that is physically separated from the second site by distance and/or by physical obstruction.
- the remote site may be a first site that is in a separate room from the second site in a building structure, a first site that is in a different building structure from the second site, a first site that is in a different city from the second site, etc.
- sample collection site refers to a location at which a sample may be obtained from a subject.
- a sample collection site may be, for example, a retailer location (e.g., a chain store, pharmacy, supermarket, or department store), a provider office, a physician's office, a hospital, the subject's home, a military site, an employer site, or other site or combination of sites.
- sample collection site may also refer to a proprietor or representative of a business, service, or institution located at, or affiliated with, the site.
- raw data includes signals and direct read-outs from sensors, cameras, and other components and instruments which detect or measure properties or characteristics of a sample.
- raw data includes voltage or current output from a sensor, detector, counter, camera, or other component or device;
- raw data includes digital or analog numerical output from a sensor, detector, counter, camera, or other component or device;
- raw data may include digitized or filtered output from a sensor, detector, counter, camera, or other component or device.
- raw data includes the output of a luminometer, which may include output in "relative light units” which are related to the number of photons detected by the luminometer.
- Raw data may include a JPEG, bitmap, or other image file produced by a camera.
- Raw data may include cell counts; light intensity (at a particular wavelength, or at or within a range of wavelengths); a rate of change of the output of a detector; a difference between similar measurements made at two times; a number of events detected; the number of events detected within a pre-set range or that meet a pre-set criterion; the minimum value measured within a time period, or within a field of view; the maximum value measured within a time period, or within a field of view; and other data. Where sufficient, raw data may be used without further processing or analysis. In other cases, raw data may be further processed or used for further analysis related to the sample, the subject, or for other purposes.
- the intensity of a fluorescence signal representative of a sample may be more intense in a fluorescently labeled sample that contains more analyte of interest than the intensity of a fluorescence signal representative of a fluorescently labeled sample that contains less analyte.
- CLIA Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments
- CMS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Process management refers to any number of methods and systems for planning and/or monitoring the performance of a process, such as a sample analysis process
- a manipulation of a sample or a reagent can lead to improvements in the assaying.
- the manipulation includes, but not limited to, manipulating the geometric shape and location of a sample and/or a reagent, a mixing or a binding of a sample and a reagent, and a contact area of a sample of reagent to a plate.
- CROF compressed regulated open flow
- compressed open flow refers to a method that changes the shape of a flowable sample deposited on a plate by (i) placing other plate on top of at least a part of the sample and (ii) then compressing the sample between two plates by pushing the two plates towards each other; wherein the compression reduces a thickness of at least a part of the sample and makes the sample flow into open spaces between the plates.
- CROF compressed regulated open flow
- SCCOF self-calibrated compressed open flow
- the final thickness of a part or entire sample is regulated by spacers in a CROF means that during a CROF, once a specific sample thickness is reached, the relative movement of the two plates and hence the change of sample thickness stop, wherein the specific thickness is determined by the spacer.
- One embodiment of the method of CROF as illustrated in Fig. 1 , comprises:
- each plate has a sample contact surface that is substantially planar, wherein one or both of the plates comprise spacers and the spacers have a predetermined height, and the spacers are on a respective sample contacting surface;
- plate refers to, unless being specified otherwise, the plate used in a CROF process, which a solid that has a surface that can be used, together with another plate, to compress a sample placed between the two plate to reduce a thickness of the sample.
- the plates or "the pair of the plates” refers to the two plates in a CROF process.
- first plate or “second plate” refers to the plate use in a CROF process.
- the plates are facing each other refers to the cases where a pair of plates are at least partially facing each other.
- spacers or “stoppers” refers to, unless stated otherwise, the mechanical objects that set, when being placed between two plates, a limit on the minimum spacing between the two plates that can be reached when compressing the two plates together. Namely, in the compressing, the spacers will stop the relative movement of the two plates to prevent the plate spacing becoming less than a preset (i.e. predetermined) value.
- preset i.e. predetermined
- open-spacer means the spacer have a shape that allows a liquid to flow around the entire perimeter of the spacer and flow pass the spacer.
- a pillar is an open spacer.
- enclosed spacer means the spacer of having a shape that a liquid cannot flow abound the entire perimeter of the spacer and cannot flow pass the spacer.
- a ring shape spacer is an enclosed spacer for a liquid inside the ring, where the liquid inside the ring spacer remains inside the ring and cannot go to outside (outside perimeter).
- a spacer has a predetermined height
- a spacer is fixed on its respective plate in a CROF process means that the spacer is attached to a location of a plate and the attachment to that location is maintained during a CROF (i.e. the location of the spacer on respective plate does not change).
- An example of "a spacer is fixed with its respective plate” is that a spacer is monolithically made of one piece of material of the plate, and the location of the spacer relative to the plate surface does not change during CROF.
- a spacer is not fixed with its respective plate
- a spacer is glued to a plate by an adhesive, but during a use of the plate, during CROF, the adhesive cannot hold the spacer at its original location on the plate surface and the spacer moves away from its original location on the plate surface.
- open configuration of the two plates in a CROF process means a configuration in which the two plates are either partially or completely separated apart and the spacing between the plates is not regulated by the spacers
- closed configuration of the two plates in a CROF process means a configuration in which the plates are facing each other, the spacers and a relevant volume of the sample are between the plates, the thickness of the relevant volume of the sample is regulated by the plates and the spacers, wherein the relevant volume is at least a portion of an entire volume of the sample.
- a sample thickness is regulated by the plate and the spacers in a CROF process means that for a give condition of the plates, the sample, the spacer, and the plate compressing method, the thickness of at least a port of the sample at the closed configuration of the plates can be predetermined from the properties of the spacers and the plate.
- inner surface or “sample surface” of a plate in a CROF device refers to the surface of the plate that touches the sample, while the other surface (that does not touch the sample) of the plate is termed “outer surface”.
- X-Plate of a CROF device refers to a plate that comprises spaces that are on the sample surface of the plate, wherein the spacers have a predetermined inter-spacer distance and spacer height, and wherein at least one of the spacers is inside the sample contact area.
- CROF device refers to a device that performs a CROF process.
- CROFed means that a CROF process is used.
- a sample was CROFed means that the sample was put inside a CROF device, a CROF process was performed, and the sample was hold, unless stated otherwise, at a final configuration of the CROF.
- CROF plates refers to the two plates used in performing a CROF process.
- surface smoothness or “surface smoothness variation” of a planar surface refers to the average deviation of a planar surface from a perfect flat plane over a short distance that is about or smaller than a few micrometers. The surface smoothness is different from the surface flatness variation.
- a planar surface can have a good surface flatness, but poor surface smoothness.
- surface flatness or “surface flatness variation” of a planar surface refers to the average deviation of a planar surface from a perfect flat plane over a long distance that is about or larger than 10 urn.
- the surface flatness variation is different from the surface smoothness.
- a planar surface can have a good surface smoothness, but poor surface flatness (i.e. large surface flatness variation).
- relative surface flatness of a plate or a sample is the ratio of the plate surface flatness variation to the final sample thickness.
- final sample thickness in a CROF process refers to, unless specified otherwise, the thickness of the sample at the closed configuration of the plates in a CORF process.
- compression method in CROF refers to a method that brings two plates from an open configuration to a closed configuration.
- interested area or “area of interest” of a plate refers to the area of the plate that is relevant to the function that the plates perform.
- a spacer height is at most 1 urn, it means that the spacer height is equal to or less than 1 urn.
- sample area means the area of the sample in the direction approximately parallel to the space between the plates and perpendicular to the sample thickness.
- sample thickness refers to the sample dimension in the direction normal to the surface of the plates that face each other (e.g., the direction of the spacing between the plates).
- plate-spacing refers to the distance between the inner surfaces of the two plates.
- the term "deviation of the final sample thickness" in a CROF means the difference between the predetermined spacer height (determined from fabrication of the spacer) and the average of the final sample thickness, wherein the average final sample thickness is averaged over a given area (e.g. an average of 25 different points (4mm apart) over 1 .6 cm by 1 .6 cm area).
- uniformity of the measured final sample thickness in a CROF process means the standard deviation of the measured final sample thickness over a given sample area (e.g. the standard deviation relative to the average.).
- relevant volume of a sample and “relevant area of a sample” in a CROF process refers to, respectively, the volume and the area of a portion or entire volume of the sample deposited on the plates during a CROF process, that is relevant to a function to be performed by a respective method or device, wherein the function includes, but not limited to, reduction in binding time of analyte or entity, detection of analytes, quantify of a volume, quantify of a concentration, mixing of reagents, or control of a concentration (analytes, entity or reagents).
- the term "height” or “thickness” of an object in a CROF process refers to, unless specifically stated, the dimension of the object that is in the direction normal to a surface of the plate.
- spacer height is the dimension of the spacer in the direction normal to a surface of the plate, and the spacer height and the spacer thickness means the same thing.
- area of an object in a CROF process refers to, unless specifically stated, the area of the object that is parallel to a surface of the plate.
- spacer area is the area of the spacer that is parallel to a surface of the plate.
- lateral or “laterally” in a CROF process refers to, unless specifically stated, the direction that is parallel to a surface of the plate.
- width of a spacer in a CROF process refers to, unless specifically stated, a lateral dimension of the spacer.
- a spacer inside a sample means that the spacer is surrounded by the sample (e.g. a pillar spacer inside a sample).
- critical bending span of a plate in a CROF process refers the span (i.e. distance) of the plate between two supports, at which the bending of the plate, for a given flexible plate, sample, and compression force, is equal to an allowed bending. For example, if an allowed bending is 50 nm and the critical bending span is 40 urn for a given flexible plate, sample, and compression force, the bending of the plate between two neighboring spacers 40um apart will be 50 nm, and the bending will be less than 50 nm if the two neighboring spacers is less than 40 urn.
- flowable for a sample means that when the thickness of the sample is reduced, the lateral dimension increases.
- a stool sample is regarded flowable.
- a sample under a CROF process do not to be flowable to benefit from the process, as long as the sample thickness can be reduced under a CROF process.
- a CROF process can reduce the tissue thickness and hence speed up the saturation incubation time for staining by the dye. 1. Reducing (Shortening) Binding or Mixing Time (X)
- the present invention reduces the saturation incubation time of binding and/or mixing in an assay by using the devices and methods that spread a sample (or a liquid) to a thinner thickness, thereby reducing the time for an entity diffusing across the sample's thickness
- a diffusion time of an entity in a material is proportional to the square to the diffusion distance, hence a reduction of the sample thickness can reduce the diffusion distance, leading to drastically reduction of diffusion time and the saturation incubation time.
- a thinner thickness e.g. a tight confined space
- Themeans in the present invention also make the reduction of the sample's thickness precise, uniform, fast, simple (less operation steps) and applicable to reduce the sample thickness to micrometer or nanometer thick.
- the inventions have great utilities in fast, low-cost, PoC, diagnostics and chemical/bio analysis. Several embodiments of the present invention are illustrated in Fig. 1 -4.
- a method for reducing the saturation incubation time of binding a target entity in a sample to a binding site of a plate surface as illustrated in Fig. 1 -2, 3a, and 4a, comprising:
- the relevant volume is a portion or an entire volume of the sample; and wherein the reduced thickness of the sample reduces the saturation incubation time for binding of the target entity in the relevant volume to the binding site.
- a CROF reduces sample thickness but increase the sample lateral dimension.
- the present invention utilize the fact to perform (a) local binding or mixing in portion of the sample, and (b) multiplexing of multiple binding or mixing sites, without a fluidic barrier to fluidically separate a sample into different isolation liquid pockets.
- a device for reducing the saturation incubation time to bind target entity in a relevant volume of a sample to a surface comprising:
- each plate has a sample contact area for contacting a sample that has a target entity in a relevant volume of the sample, (c) one of the plate has binding site that binds the target entity, and (d) at least one of the plates comprises spacers that have a predetermined inter-spacer distance and height and are fixed on its respective surface, wherein at least one of the spacers is inside the sample contact area;
- one of the configurations is an open configuration, in which: the two plates are either partially or completely separated apart, and the spacing between the plates is not regulated by the spacers,
- another of the configuration is a closed configuration, which is configured after the sample deposition in an open configuration; and in the closed configuration: the plates are facing each other, the spacers and the relevant volume of the sample are between the plates, the binding site is in contact with the relevant volume, and the thickness of the relevant volume of the sample is regulated by the plates and the spacers, is thinner than the maximum thickness of the sample when the plates are in the open configuration; wherein the relevant volume is a portion or an entire volume of the sample; and wherein the reduced thickness of the sample reduces the saturation incubation time for a binding of the target entity in the relevant volume to the binding site.
- the reduced thickness of the transfer medium reduces the time for the binging of the entity stored on the second plate to the binding site on the first plate.
- first plate and a second plate that are movable relative to each other into different configurations, wherein a surface of first plate has a binding site; and a surface of the second plate has a storage site that contains an entity to be bound to the binding site; wherein the area of the binding site and the area of the storage site is less than that of respective plates; and wherein one or both of the plates comprise spacers and each of the spacers is fixed with its respective plate and has a predetermined height;
- one of the configurations is an open configuration, in which: the two plates are either partially or completely separated apart, the spacing between the plates is not regulated by the spacers, and a transfer medium can be deposited on one or both of the plates, wherein the entity on the storage site are capable of being dissolving into the transfer medium and diffusing in the transfer medium,
- another of the configuration is a closed configuration, which is configured after the transfer medium deposition in an open configuration; and in the closed configuration: the plates are facing each other, the spacers, the binding site, the storage site and at least a portion of the transfer medium are between the plates, the binding site and the storage site are at least partially on top of each other, the transfer medium contacts at least a part of the binding site and the storage site, the thickness of the transfer medium is regulated by the plates and the spacers, is thinner than the maximum thickness of the transfer medium when the plates are in the open configuration;
- the reduced thickness of the transfer medium reduces the saturation incubation time for a binging of entity on the storage site of the second plate to the binding site of the first plate.
- the transfer medium comprises a liquid that allows a diffusion of the entity or a reagent or both.
- the transfer medium is a sample, where the sample contains an analyte (also termed target analyte) that binds the binding site.
- analyte also termed target analyte
- the transfer medium is a sample, where the sample contains an analyte (also termed target analyte) that binds the binding site and the reagent is a detection agent that binds to the analytes.
- analyte also termed target analyte
- the reagent is a detection agent that binds to the analytes.
- reagents additions are needed are (a) blood cell counting where anticoagulant and/or staining reagent(s) may be added into a blood sample, and (b) immunoassays where detection agents are added to bind a target analyte in solution.
- a reagent layer e.g. dried reagent layer
- a sample is deposited into the CROF device, and a CROF process makes the sample in contact with the reagent and the sample thickness thinner than the thickness when the sample at the open configuration of the CROF plates.
- a method for reducing the time for mixing a reagent stored on a plate surface into a sample comprising:
- the reduced thickness of the sample reduces the time for mixing the reagents on the storage site with the sample.
- it further comprises a step of incubation while the plates are in the closed configuration, wherein the incubation time is selected in such that results in a significant number of the reagents dissolved in the sample are contained in the relevant volume of the sample, wherein the relevant volume is the volume of the sample that sits on the storage site and the incubation is a process to allow the reagent to dissolve and diffuse in the sample.
- it further comprises a step that, after (d) and while the plates are in the closed configuration, incubating for a time equal or less than a factor times the diffusion time of the reagent in the sample across the sample thickness regulated by the plates at the closed configuration, and then stopping the incubation; wherein the incubation allows the reagent to diffuse into the sample; and wherein the factor is 0.0001 , 0.001 , 0.01 , 0.1 , 1 , 1 .1 , 1 .2, 1 .3, 1 .5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 100, 1000, 10,000, or a range between any to the values.
- the incubation time is equal to or less than 22 second.
- the factor is 0.1 , 1 , 1 .5 or a range between any to the values.
- a device for reducing the time to add a reagent stored on a plate surface into a sample comprising:
- first plate and a second plate that are movable relative to each other into different configurations
- first plate has, on its surface, a storage site that contains reagents to be added into a sample, the reagents are capable of being dissolving into the sample and diffusing in the sample
- one or both of the plates comprise spacers and each of the spacers is fixed with its respective plate and has a predetermined height
- one of the configurations is an open configuration, in which: the two plates are either partially or completely separated apart, the spacing between the plates is not regulated by the spacers, and the sample is deposited on one or both of the plates;
- another of the configuration is a closed configuration, which is configured after the transfer medium deposition in the open configuration; and in the closed configuration: the plates are facing each other, the spacers, the storage site, and at least a portion of the sample are between the plates, the sample contacts at least a portion of the storage site, the thickness of the sample on the storage site is regulated by the plates and the spacers, is thinner than the maximum thickness of the sample when the plates are in the open configuration;
- the reduced thickness of the sample reduces the time for mixing the reagents on the storage site with the sample.
- the relevant volume of the sample is the volume of the sample that sits on (i.e. on top of) the binding site or the storage site.
- the relevant volume of the sample is the volume of the sample that sits on (i.e. on top of) the entire area or a partial area of the binding site or the storage site.
- the ratio of the lateral dimension of the binding site or the storage site to the sample thickness at the closed configuration is 1 .5 3 or larger, 3 or larger, 5 or larger, 10 or larger, 20 or larger, 30 or larger, 50 or larger, 100 or larger, 200 or larger, 1000 or larger, 10,000 or larger, or a range between any two of the values.
- the ratio of the lateral dimension of the binding site or the storage site to the sample thickness at the closed configuration is between 3 and 20 in a preferred embodiment, 20 and 100 in another preferred embodiment, and 100 and 1000 in another preferred embodiment, and 1000 and 10,000 in another preferred embodiment,.
- the final reduced sample thickness is significantly smaller than that of the area of the binding site, so that the entity in the sample area that is outside of the binding site will take longer time to bind to the binding site.
- the entity that bind to the binding sites will be primarily the entity in the sample volume that sites on the binding site (i.e. the sample volume that is just above the binding area). Then the calculation of the concentration of the entity in the sample would be based on the sample thickness and the binding site area.
- the final reduced sample thickness is significantly smaller than that of the area of the storage site, so that the entity
- the entity that bind to the binding sites will be primarily the entity in the sample volume that sites on the binding site (i.e. the sample volume that is just above the binding area). Then the calculation of the concentration of the entity in the sample would be based on the sample thickness and the binding site area.
- it further comprises a compressing device that bring the plates from an open configurations to a closed configurations.
- the compressing device is one or any combination of the embodiments described in the disclosures
- the holding device is one or any combination of the embodiments described in the disclosures.
- the final sample thickness at the closed configuration of the plates may be a significant factor in reducing the saturation incubation time.
- the final sample thickness is less than about 0.5 urn (micrometer), less than about 1 urn, less than about 1 .5 urn, less than about 2 urn, less than about 4 urn, less than about 6 urn, less than about 8 urn, less than about 10 urn, less than about 12 urn, less than about 14 urn, less than about 16 urn, less than about 18 urn, less than about 20 urn, less than about 25 urn, less than about 30 urn, less than about 35 urn, less than about 40 urn, less than about 45 urn, less than about 50 urn, less than about 55 urn, less than about 60 urn, less than about 70 urn, less than about 80 urn, less than about 90 urn, less than about 100 um, less than about 1 10 um, less than about 120 um, less than about 140 um, less than about 160 um, less than about 180 um, less than about 200 um, less than about
- the final sample thickness at the closed configuration is less than 0.5 um (micron), less than 1 um, less than 5 um, less than 10 um, less than 20 um, less than 30 um, less than 50 um, less than 100 um, less than 200 um, less than 300 um, less than 500 um, less than 800 um, less than 200 um, less than 1 mm (millimeter), less than 2 mm (millimeter), less than 4 mm (millimeter), less than 8 mm (millimeter), or a range between any two of the values.
- the Q-methods make the final sample thickness uniform and flat surfaces of the first plate and the second plate are used.
- the sample incubation are done in various temperatures, humidity, gas environment, and different time durations, with or without shaking.
- Incubation Time In the method of any of paragraphs X1 and X3, it further comprises a step that, after (d) and while the plates are in the closed configuration, incubating for a time equal or less than a factor times the diffusion time of the entity in the sample diffusing across the sample thickness regulated by the plates at the closed configuration, and then stopping the incubation; wherein the incubation allows binding of the entity to the binding site; and wherein the factor is 0.0001 , 0.001 , 0.01 , 0.1 , 1 , 1 .1 , 1 .2, 1 .3, 1 .5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 100, 1000, 10,000, or a range between any to the values.
- the incubation time is equal to or less than 22 second.
- the factor is 0.1 , 1 , 1 .5 or a range between any to the values.
- it further comprises a step that, after (d) and while the plates are in the closed configuration, incubating for a time equal or less than a factor times the diffusion time of the reagents diffusing across the sample thickness regulated by the plates at the closed configuration, and then stopping the incubation; wherein the incubation allows binding of the entity to the binding site; and wherein the factor is 0.0001 , 0.001 , 0.01 , 0.1 , 1 , 1 .1 , 1 .2, 1 .3, 1 .5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 100, 1000, 10,000, or a range between any to the values.
- the incubation time is equal to or less than 22 second.
- the factor is 0.1 , 1 , 1 .5 or a range between any to the values.
- the saturation incubation time is 0.001 sec or less, 0.01 sec or less, 0.1 sec or less, 1 sec or less, 5 sec or less, 10 sec or less, 20 sec or less, 30 sec or less, 40 sec or less, 1 min or less, 2 min or less, 3 min or less, 5 min or less, 10 min or less, 20 min or less, 30 min or less, 60 min or less, 90 min or less, 120 min or less, 180 min or less, 250 min or less, or a range between any two of these values.
- the saturation incubation time at the reduced sample thickness at the closed configuration is 0.001 sec or less, 0.01 sec or less, 0.1 sec or less, 1 sec or less, 5 sec or less, 10 sec or less, 20 sec or less, 30 sec or less, 40 sec or less, 1 min or less, 2 min or less, 3 min or less, 5 min or less, 10 min or less, 20 min or less, 30 min or less, 60 min or less, 90 min or less, 120 min or less, 180 min or less, 250 min or less, or a range between any two of these values.
- capture agents are first immobilized at the binding site, then the sample are in contact with the binding site and the entity in the sample are captured by the capture agents, and finally detection agents are added to be bound with the captured entity and the a signal from the detection agents will be read (e.g. by optical methods or electrical methods or a combination).
- detection agents are added to be bound with the captured entity and the a signal from the detection agents will be read (e.g. by optical methods or electrical methods or a combination).
- other reagents besides of capture agents and detection agents are added (e.g. blocking agent).
- One aspect of the present invention is related to simple and/or low-cost devices and methods to add additional reagents into a sample.
- the added additional reagents include detection agents, blocking agents, light signal enhancers, light signal quenchers, or others.
- it controls the assay processes by using different release time of the reagents stored on the same location. The different release time can be attached by adding other materials that have different dissolve rate.
- the reagent concentration mixed in the sample can be controlled by controlling the sample thickness (e.g. control the ratio of the sample thickness to the storage site area and/or the mixing time). 2. Plates, Spacers, Scale-Marks, Sample Thickness Regulation
- the two plates i.e. the first plate and the second plate
- the two plates are separated from each other.
- the two plates have one side connected together during all operations of the plates (including the open and closed configuration), the two plates open and close similar to a book.
- the two plates have rectangle (or square) shape and have two sides of the rectangle connected together during all operations of the plates.
- the open configuration comprises a configuration that the plates are far away from each other, so that the sample is deposited onto one plate of the pair without a hindrance of the other plate of the pair.
- the open configuration comprises a configuration that the plates are far way, so that the sample is directly deposited onto one plate, as if the other plate does not exist.
- the open configuration comprises a configuration that the pair of the plates are spaced apart by a distance at least 10 nm, at least 100 nm, at least 1000 nm, at least 0.01 cm, at least 0.1 cm, at least 0.5 cm, at least 1 cm, at least 2 cm, or at least 5 cm, or a range of any two of the values.
- the open configuration comprises a configuration that the pair of plates are oriented in different orientations. In some embodiments, the open configuration comprises a configuration that defines an access gap between the pair of plates that is configured to permit sample addition.
- the open configuration comprises a configuration, wherein each plate has a sample contact surface and wherein at least one of the contact surfaces of the plates is exposed when the plates are in the one open configuration.
- a closed configuration of the two plates is the configuration that a spacing (i.e. the distance) between the inner surfaces of the two plates is regulated by the spacers between the two plates. Since the inner surfaces (also termed “sample surface”) of the plates are in contact with the sample during the compression step of a CROF process, hence at the closed configuration, the sample thickness is regulated by the spacers.
- the plates are facing each other (at least a part of the plates are facing each other) and a force is used to bring the two plates together.
- the inner surfaces of the two plate compress the sample deposited on the plate(s) to reduce the sample thickness (while the sample has an open flow laterally between the plates), and the thickness of a relevant volume of the sample is determined by the spacers, the plates, and the method being used and by the sample mechanical/fluidic property.
- the thickness at a closed configuration can be predetermined for a given sample and given spacers, plates and plate pressing method.
- the term "regulation of the spacing between the inner surfaces of the plates by the spacers” or “the regulation of the sample thickness by the plates and the spacer”, or a thickness of the sample is regulated by the spacers and the plates” means that the thickness of the sample in a CROF process is determined by a given plates, spacers, sample, and pressing method.
- the regulated sample thickness at the closed configuration is the same as the height of a spacer; in this case, at the closed configuration, the spacers directly contact both plates (wherein one plate is the one that the spacer is fixed on, and the other plate is the plate that is brought to contact with the spacer).
- the regulated sample thickness at the closed configuration is larger than the height of a spacer; in this case, at the closed configuration, the spacers directly contacts only the plate that has the spacers fixed or attached on its surface, and indirectly contact the other plate (i.e. indirect contact).
- the term "indirect contact” with a plate means that the spacer and the plate is separated by a thin sample layer, which is termed “residual sample layer” and its thickness is termed "the residue thickness”.
- residual thickness can be predetermined (predetermined means prior to reach the closed configuration), leading to a predetermination of the sample thickness at the closed configuration.
- the residue layer thickness is the same for the given conditions (the sample, spacers, plates, and pressing force) and can be pre-calibrated and/or calculated.
- the regulated sample thickness is approximately equal to the spacer height plus the sample residue thickness.
- the size and shape of the pillars are pre-characterized (i.e. predetermined) before their use. And the pre-determined information are used to for later assaying, such as determination of the sample volume (or relevant volume) and others.
- the regulating of the sample thickness includes applying a closing (compression) force to the plates to maintain the spacing between the plates.
- the regulating of the sample thickness includes establishing the spacing between the plates with the spacers, a closing force applied to the plates, and physical properties of the sample, and optionally wherein the physical properties of the sample include at least one of viscosity and compressibility.
- the plates of CROF are made of any material that (i) is capable of being used to regulate, together with the spacers, the thickness of a portion or entire volume of the sample, and (ii) has no significant adverse effects to a sample, an assay, or a goal that the plates intend to accomplish.
- particular materials herein used for the plate to achieve certain objectives.
- the two plates have the same or different parameters for each of the following parameters: plate material, plate thickness, plate shape, plate area, plate flexibility, plate surface property, and plate optical transparency.
- the plates are made a single material, composite materials, multiple materials, multilayer of materials, alloys, or a combination thereof.
- Each of the materials for the plate is an inorganic material, am organic material, or a mix, wherein examples of the materials are given in paragraphs of Mat-1 and Mat-2.
- the inorganic materials for the plates include, not limited to, glass, quartz, oxides, silicon-dioxide, silicon-nitride, hafnium oxide (HfO), aluminum oxide (AIO), semiconductors: (silicon, GaAs, GaN, etc.), metals (e.g. gold, silver, coper, aluminum, Ti, Ni, etc.), ceramics, or any combinations of thereof.
- the organic materials for the spacers include, not limited to, polymers (e.g. plastics) or amorphous organic materials.
- the polymer materials for the spacers include, not limited to, acrylate polymers, vinyl polymers, olefin polymers, cellulosic polymers, noncellulosic polymers, polyester polymers, Nylon, cyclic olefin copolymer (COC), poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), polycarbonate (PC), cyclic olefin polymer (COP), liquid crystalline polymer (LCP), polyamide (PA), polyethylene (PE), polyimide (PI), polypropylene (PP), poly(phenylene ether) (PPE), polystyrene (PS), polyoxymethylene (POM), polyether ether ketone (PEEK), polyether sulfone (PES), polyethylene phthalate) (PET), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), polyvinyl chloride (PVC),
- the plates are each independently made of at least one of glass, plastic, ceramic, and metal. In some embodiments, each plate independently includes at least one of glass, plastic, ceramic, and metal.
- one plate is different from the other plate in lateral area, thickness, shape, materials, or surface treatment. In some embodiments, one plate is the same as the other plate in lateral area, thickness, shape, materials, or surface treatment.
- the materials for the plates are rigid, flexible or any flexibility between the two.
- the rigidity of the plates are rigid, flexible or any flexibility between the two.
- a selection of rigid or flexible plate are determined from the requirements of controlling a uniformity of the sample thickness at the closed configuration.
- At least one of the two plates are transparent (to a light). In some embodiments at least a part or several parts of one plate or both plates are transparent. In some embodiments, the plates are non-transparent.
- the average thicknesses for at least one of the pates are 2 nm or less, 10 nm or less, 100 nm or less, 500 nm or less, 1000 nm or less, 2 urn (micron) or less, 5 urn or less, 10 urn or less, 20 urn or less, 50 urn or less, 100 urn or less, 150 urn or less, 200 urn or less, 300 urn or less, 500 urn or less, 800 urn or less, 1 mm (millimeter) or less,
- the average thicknesses for at least one of the plates are at most
- the thickness of a plate is not uniform across the plate. Using a different plate thickness at different location can be used to control the plate bending, folding, sample thickness regulation, and others.
- the plates can have any shapes, as long as the shape allows a compress open flow of the sample and the regulation of the sample thickness. However, in certain embodiments, a particular shape may be advantageous.
- the shape of the plate can be round, elliptical, rectangles, triangles, polygons, ring-shaped, or any superpositions of these shapes. In some embodiments, the two plates can have the same size or shape, or different.
- the area of the plates depend on the application.
- the area of the plate is at most 1 mm2 (millimeter square), at most 10 mm2, at most 100 mm2, at most 1 cm2 (centimeter square), at most 5 cm2, at most 10 cm2, at most 100 cm2, at most 500 cm2, at most 1000 cm2, at most 5000 cm2, at most 10,000 cm2, or over 10,000 cm2, or any arrange between any of the two values.
- the shape of the plate can be rectangle, square, round, or others.
- At least one of the plate is in the form of a belt (or strip) that has a width, thickness, and length.
- the width is at most 0.1 cm (centimeter), at most 0.5 cm, at most 1 cm, at most 5 cm, at most 10 cm, at most 50 cm, at most 100 cm, at most 500 cm, at most 1000 cm, , or a range between any two of the values.
- the length can be as long it needed.
- the belt can be rolled into a roll.
- an inner surface of the plates are flat or significantly flat, planar.
- the two inner surfaces are, at the closed configuration, parallel with each other.
- Flat inner surfaces facilitates a quantification and/or controlling of the sample thickness by simply using the predetermined spacer height at the closed configuration.
- For non-flat inner surfaces of the plate one need to know not only the spacer height, but also the exact the topology of the inner surface to quantify and/or control the sample thickness at the closed configuration. To know the surface topology needs additional measurements and/or corrections, which can be complex, time consuming, and costly.
- a flatness of the plate surface is relative to the final sample thickness (the final thickness is the thickness at the closed configuration), and is often characterized by the term of "relative surface flatness” is the ratio of the plate surface flatness variation to the final sample thickness.
- the relative surface is less than 0.01 %, 0.1 %, less than 0.5%, less than 1 %, less than 2%, less than 5%, less than 10%, less than 20%, less than 30%, less than 50%, less than 70%, less than 80%, less than 100%, or a range between any two of these values.
- Plate surface parallelness In some embodiments, the two surfaces of the plate is significantly parallel with each other. In certain embodiments, the two surfaces of the plate is not parallel with each other.
- a plate is flexible under the compressing of a CROF process. In some embodiments, both plates are flexible under the compressing of a CROF process. In some embodiments, a plate is rigid and another plate is flexible under the compressing of a CROF process. In some embodiments, both plates are rigid. In some embodiments, both plate are flexible but have different flexibility. Plate optical transparency. In some embodiments, a plate is optical transparent. In some embodiments, both plates are optical transparent. In some embodiments, a plate is optical transparent and another plate is opaque. In some embodiments, both plates are opaque. In some embodiments, both plate are optical transparent but have different optical transparency. The optical transparency of a plate refers a part or the entire area of the plate.
- a plate has an inner surface that wets (i.e. contact angle is less 90 degree) the sample, the transfer liquid, or both. In some embodiments, both plates have an inner surface that wets the sample, the transfer liquid, or both; either with the same or different wettability. In some embodiments, a plate has an inner surface that wets the sample, the transfer liquid, or both; and another plate has an inner surface that does not wet (i.e. the contact angle equal to or larger than 90 degree).
- the wetting of a plate inner surface refers a part or the entire area of the plate.
- the inner surface of the plate has other nano or microstructures to control a lateral flow of a sample during a CROF.
- the nano or microstructures include, but not limited to, channels, pumps, and others. Nano and microstructures are also used to control the wetting properties of an inner surface.
- the spacers are configured to have one or any combinations of the following functions and properties: the spacers are configured to (1 ) control, together with the plates, the thickness of the sample or a relevant volume of the sample (Preferably, the thickness control is precise, or uniform or both, over a relevant area); (2) allow the sample to have a compressed regulated open flow (CROF) on plate surface; (3) not take significant surface area (volume) in a given sample area (volume); (4) reduce or increase the effect of sedimentation of particles or analytes in the sample; (5) change and/or control the wetting propertied of the inner surface of the plates; (6) identify a location of the plate, a scale of size, and/or the information related to a plate, or (7) do any combination of the above.
- CROF compressed regulated open flow
- the spacers are fixed its respective plate.
- the spacer can have any shape, as long as the spacers are capable of regulating the sample thickness during a CROF process, but certain shapes are preferred to achieve certain functions, such as better uniformity, less overshoot in pressing, etc.
- the spacer(s) is a single spacer or a plurality of spacers, (e.g. an array). Some embodiments of a plurality of spacers is an array of spacers (e.g. pillars), where the inter-spacer distance is periodic or aperiodic, or is periodic or aperiodic in certain areas of the plates, or has different distances in different areas of the plates.
- the spacers There are two kinds of the spacers: open-spacers and enclosed-spacers.
- the open- spacer is the spacer that allows a sample to flow through the spacer (i.e. the sample flows around and pass the spacer.
- a post as the spacer.
- the enclosed spacer is the spacer that stop the sample flow (i.e. the sample cannot flow beyond the spacer.
- a ring shape spacer and the sample is inside the ring.
- Both types of spacers use their height to regular the final sample thickness at a closed configuration.
- the spacers are open-spacers only. In some embodiments, the spacers are enclosed-spacers only. In some embodiments, the spacers are a combination of open-spacers and enclosed-spacers.
- pillar spacer means that the spacer has a pillar shape and the pillar shape refers to an object that has height and a lateral shape that allow a sample to flow around it during a compressed open flow.
- the lateral shapes of the pillar spacers are the shape selected from the groups of (i) round, elliptical, rectangles, triangles, polygons, ring-shaped, star-shaped, letter-shaped (e.g. L-shaped, C-shaped, the letters from A to Z), number shaped (e.g. the shapes like 0 1 , 2, 3, 4, .... to 9); (ii) the shapes in group (i) with at least one rounded corners; (iii) the shape from group (i) with zig-zag or rough edges; and (iv) any superposition of (i), (ii) and (iii).
- different spacers can have different lateral shape and size and different distance from the neighboring spacers.
- the spacers may be and/or may include posts, columns, beads, spheres, and/or other suitable geometries.
- the lateral shape and dimension (i.e., transverse to the respective plate surface) of the spacers can be anything, except, in some embodiments, the following restrictions: (i) the spacer geometry will not cause a significant error in measuring the sample thickness and volume; or (ii) the spacer geometry would not prevent the out-flowing of the sample between the plates (i.e. it is not in enclosed form). But in some embodiments, they require some spacers to be closed spacers to restrict the sample flow.
- the shapes of the spacers have rounded corners.
- a rectangle shaped spacer has one, several or all corners rounded (like a circle rather 90 degree angle).
- a round corner often make a fabrication of the spacer easier, and in some cases less damage to a biological material.
- the sidewall of the pillars can be straight, curved, sloped, or different shaped in different section of the sidewall.
- the spacers are pillars of various lateral shapes, sidewalls, and pillar-height to pillar lateral area ratio.
- the spacers have shapes of pillars for allowing open flow.
- Spacers' materials In the present invention, the spacers are generally made of any material that is capable of being used to regulate, together with the two plates, the thickness of a relevant volume of the sample. In some embodiments, the materials for the spacers are different from that for the plates. In some embodiments, the materials for the spaces are at least the same as a part of the materials for at least one plate.
- the spacers are made a single material, composite materials, multiple materials, multilayer of materials, alloys, or a combination thereof.
- Each of the materials for the spacers is an inorganic material, am organic material, or a mix, wherein examples of the materials are given in paragraphs of Mat-1 and Mat-2.
- the spacers are made in the same material as a plate used in CROF.
- the mechanical strength of the spacers are strong enough, so that during the compression and at the closed configuration of the plates, the height of the spacers is the same or significantly same as that when the plates are in an open configuration.
- the differences of the spacers between the open configuration and the closed configuration can be characterized and predetermined.
- the material for the spacers is rigid, flexible or any flexibility between the two.
- the rigid is relative to a give pressing forces used in bringing the plates into the closed configuration: if the space does not deform greater than 1 % in its height under the pressing force, the spacer material is regarded as rigid, otherwise a flexible.
- the final sample thickness at a closed configuration still can be predetermined from the pressing force and the mechanical property of the spacer.
- the spacers are placed inside the sample, or the relevant volume of the sample.
- at least one of the spacers is inside the sample, at least two of the spacers inside the sample or the relevant volume of the sample, or at least of "n" spacers inside the sample or the relevant volume of the sample, where "n" may be determined by a sample thickness uniformity or a required sample flow property during a CROF.
- Spacer height In some embodiments, all spacers have the same pre-determined height. In some embodiments, spacers have different pre-determined height. In some embodiments, spacers can be divided into groups or regions, wherein each group or region has its own spacer height. And in certain embodiments, the predetermined height of the spacers is an average height of the spacers. In some embodiments, the spacers have approximately the same height. In some embodiments, a percentage of number of the spacers have the same height.
- the height of the spacers is selected by a desired regulated final sample thickness and the residue sample thickness.
- the spacer height (the predetermined spacer height) and/or sample thickness is 3 nm or less, 10 nm or less, 50 nm or less, 100 nm or less, 200 nm or less, 500 nm or less, 800 nm or less, 1000 nm or less, 1 urn or less, 2 urn or less, 3 urn or less, 5 urn or less, 10 urn or less, 20 urn or less, 30 urn or less, 50 urn or less, 100 urn or less, 150 urn or less, 200 urn or less, 300 urn or less, 500 urn or less, 800 urn or less, 1 mm or less, 2 mm or less, 4 mm or less, or a range between any two of the values.
- the spacer height and/or sample thickness is between 1 nm to 100 nm in one preferred embodiment, 100 nm to 500 nm in another preferred embodiment, 500 nm to 1000 nm in a separate preferred embodiment, 1 urn (i.e. 1000 nm) to 2 urn in another preferred embodiment, 2 urn to 3 urn in a separate preferred embodiment, 3 urn to 5 urn in another preferred embodiment, 5 urn to 10 urn in a separate preferred embodiment, and 10 urn to 50 urn in another preferred embodiment, 50 urn to 100 urn in a separate preferred embodiment.
- 1 urn i.e. 1000 nm
- 3 urn to 5 urn in another preferred embodiment 5 urn to 10 urn in a separate preferred embodiment
- 10 urn to 50 urn in another preferred embodiment 50 urn to 100 urn in a separate preferred embodiment.
- the spacer height and/or sample thickness (i) equal to or slightly larger than the minimum dimension of an analyte, or (ii) equal to or slightly larger than the maximum dimension of an analyte.
- the "slightly larger” means that it is about 1 % to 5% larger and any number between the two values.
- the spacer height and/or sample thickness is larger than the minimum dimension of an analyte (e.g. an analyte has an anisotropic shape), but less than the maximum dimension of the analyte.
- the red blood cell has a disk shape with a minim dimension of 2 um (disk thickness) and a maximum dimension of 1 1 um (a disk diameter).
- the spacers is selected to make the inner surface spacing of the plates in a relevant area to be 2 um (equal to the minimum dimension) in one embodiment, 2.2 um in another embodiment, or 3 (50% larger than the minimum dimension) in other embodiment, but less than the maximum dimension of the red blood cell.
- Such embodiment has certain advantages in blood cell counting.
- red blood cell counting by making the inner surface spacing at 2 or 3 um and any number between the two values, a undiluted whole blood sample is confined in the spacing, on average, each red blood cell (RBC) does not overlap with others, allowing an accurate counting of the red blood cells visually. (Too many overlaps between the RBC's can cause serious errors in counting).
- the present invention uses the plates and the spacers to regulate not only a thickness of a sample, but also the orientation and/or surface density of the analytes/entity in the sample when the plates are at the closed configuration.
- a thinner thickness of the sample gives a less the analytes/entity per surface area (i.e. less surface concentration).
- the lateral dimensions can be characterized by its lateral dimension (sometime being called width) in the x and y -two orthogonal directions.
- the lateral dimension of a spacer in each direction is the same or different.
- the lateral dimension for each direction (x or y) is ....
- the ratio of the lateral dimensions of x to y direction is 1 , 1 .5, 2, 5, 10, 100, 500, 1000, 10,000, or a range between any two of the value. In some embodiments, a different ratio is used to regulate the sample flow direction; the larger the ratio, the flow is along one direction (larger size direction).
- the different lateral dimensions of the spacers in x and y direction are used as (a) using the spacers as scale-markers to indicate the orientation of the plates, (b) using the spacers to create more sample flow in a preferred direction, or both.
- the period, width, and height are integers.
- all spacers have the same shape and dimensions. In some embodiments, each spacers have different lateral dimensions.
- the inner lateral shape and size are selected based on the total volume of a sample to be enclosed by the enclosed spacer(s), wherein the volume size has been described in the present disclosure; and in certain embodiments, the outer lateral shape and size are selected based on the needed strength to support the pressure of the liquid against the spacer and the compress pressure that presses the plates.
- the aspect ratio of the height to the average lateral dimension of the pillar spacer is 100,000, 10,000, 1 ,000, 100, 10, 1 , 0.1 , 0.01 , 0.001 , 0.0001 , 0, 00001 , or a range between any two of the values.
- Spacer height precisions The spacer height should be controlled precisely.
- the relative precision of the spacer i.e. the ratio of the deviation to the desired spacer height
- the relative precision of the spacer is 0.001 % or less, 0.01 % or less, 0.1 % or less; 0.5 % or less, 1 % or less, 2 % or less, 5 % or less, 8 % or less, 10 % or less, 15 % or less, 20 % or less, 30 % or less, 40 % or less, 50 % or less, 60 % or less, 70 % or less, 80 % or less, 90 % or less, 99.9 % or less, or a range between any of the values.
- the spacers can be a single spacer or a plurality of spacers on the plate or in a relevant area of the sample.
- the spacers on the plates are configured and/or arranged in an array form, and the array is a periodic, non-periodic array or periodic in some locations of the plate while non-periodic in other locations.
- the periodic array of the spacers has a lattice of square, rectangle, triangle, hexagon, polygon, or any combinations of thereof, where a combination means that different locations of a plate has different spacer lattices.
- the inter-spacer distance of a spacer array is periodic (i.e. uniform inter-spacer distance) in at least one direction of the array. In some embodiments, the inter-spacer distance is configured to improve the uniformity between the plate spacing at a closed configuration.
- the distance between neighboring spacers is 1 urn or less, 5 urn or less, 10 urn or less, 20 urn or less, 30 urn or less, 40 urn or less, 50 urn or less, 60 urn or less, 70 urn or less, 80 urn or less, 90 urn or less, 100 urn or less, 200 urn or less, 300 urn or less, 400 urn or less, or a range between any two of the values.
- the inter-spacer distance is at 400 or less, 500 or less, 1 mm or less, 2 mm or less, 3 mm or less, 5mm or less, 7 mm or less, 10 mm or less, or any range between the values. In certain embodiments, the inter-spacer distance is a10 mm or less, 20 mm or less, 30 mm or less, 50 mm or less, 70 mm or less, 100 mm or less, or any range between the values.
- the distance between neighboring spacers (i.e. the inter-spacer distance) is selected so that for a given properties of the plates and a sample, at the closed-configuration of the plates, the sample thickness variation between two neighboring spacers is, in some embodiments, at most 0.5%, 1 %, 5%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 50%, 80%, or any range between the values; or in certain embodiments, at most 80 %, 100%, 200%, 400%, or a range between any two of the values.
- the spacer is a periodic square array, wherein the spacer is a pillar that has a height of 2 to 4 um, an average lateral dimension of from 5 to 20 um, and inter-spacer spacing of 1 um to 100 um.
- the spacer is a periodic square array, wherein the spacer is a pillar that has a height of 2 to 4 um, an average lateral dimension of from 5 to 20 um, and inter-spacer spacing of 100 um to 250 um.
- the spacer is a periodic square array, wherein the spacer is a pillar that has a height of 4 to 50 um, an average lateral dimension of from 5 to 20 um, and inter-spacer spacing of 1 um to 100 um.
- the spacer is a periodic square array, wherein the spacer is a pillar that has a height of 4 to 50 um, an average lateral dimension of from 5 to 20 um, and inter-spacer spacing of 100 um to 250 um.
- the period of spacer array is between 1 nm to 100 nm in one preferred embodiment, 100 nm to 500 nm in another preferred embodiment, 500 nm to 1000 nm in a separate preferred embodiment, 1 um (i.e. 1000 nm) to 2 um in another preferred embodiment, 2 um to 3 um in a separate preferred embodiment, 3 um to 5 um in another preferred embodiment, 5 um to 10 um in a separate preferred embodiment, and 10 um to 50 um in another preferred embodiment, 50 um to 100 um in a separate preferred embodiment, 100 um to 175 um in a separate preferred embodiment, and 175 um to 300 um in a separate preferred embodiment.
- Spacer density The spacers are arranged on the respective plates at a surface density of greater than one per um 2 , greater than one per 10 um 2 , greater than one per 100 um 2 , greater than one per 500 um 2 , greater than one per 1000 um 2 , greater than one per 5000 um 2 , greater than one per 0.01 mm 2 , greater than one per 0.1 mm 2 , greater than one per 1 mm 2 , greater than one per 5 mm 2 , greater than one per 10 mm 2 , greater than one per 100 mm 2 , greater than one per 1000 mm 2 , greater than one perl 0000 mm 2 , or a range between any two of the values..
- the spacers are configured to not take significant surface area (volume) in a given sample area (volume);
- Ratio of spacer volume to sample volume In many embodiments, the ratio of the spacer volume (i.e. the volume of the spacer) to sample volume (i.e. the volume of the sample), and/or the ratio of the volume of the spacers that are inside of the relevant volume of the sample to the relevant volume of the sample are controlled for achieving certain advantages.
- the advantages include, but not limited to, the uniformity of the sample thickness control, the uniformity of analytes, the sample flow properties (i.e. flow speed, flow direction, etc.).
- the ratio of the spacer volume r) to sample volume, and/or the ratio of the volume of the spacers that are inside of the relevant volume of the sample to the relevant volume of the sample is less than 100%, at most 99 %, at most 70%, at most 50%, at most 30%, at most 10%, at most 5%, at most 3% at most 1 %, at most 0.1 %, at most 0.01 %, at most 0.001 %, or a range between any of the values.
- Spacers fixed to plates.
- the inter spacer distance and the orientation of the spacers which play a key role in the present invention, are preferably maintained during the process of bringing the plates from an open configuration to the closed configuration, and/or are preferably predetermined before the process from an open configuration to a closed configurations.
- Some embodiments of the present invention is that the spacers are fixed on one of the plates before bring the plates to the closed configuration.
- the term "a spacer is fixed with its respective plate” means that the spacer is attached to a plate and the attachment is maintained during a use of the plate.
- An example of "a spacer is fixed with its respective plate” is that a spacer is monolithically made of one piece of material of the plate, and the position of the spacer relative to the plate surface does not change.
- An example of "a spacer is not fixed with its respective plate” is that a spacer is glued to a plate by an adhesive, but during a use of the plate, the adhesive cannot hold the spacer at its original location on the plate surface (i.e. the spacer moves away from its original position on the plate surface).
- At least one of the spacers are fixed to its respective plate. In certain embodiments, at two spacers are fixed to its respective plates. In certain embodiments, a majority of the spacers are fixed with their respective plates. In certain embodiments, all of the spacers are fixed with their respective plates.
- a spacer is fixed to a plate monolithically. In some embodiments, the spacers are fixed to its respective plate by one or any combination of the following methods and/or configurations: attached to, bonded to, fused to, imprinted, and etched.
- imprinted means that a spacer and a plate are fixed monolithically by imprinting (i.e. embossing) a piece of a material to form the spacer on the plate surface.
- the material can be single layer of a material or multiple layers of the material.
- etched means that a spacer and a plate are fixed monolithically by etching a piece of a material to form the spacer on the plate surface.
- the material can be single layer of a material or multiple layers of the material.
- fused to means that a spacer and a plate are fixed monolithically by attaching a spacer and a plate together, the original materials for the spacer and the plate fused into each other, and there is clear material boundary between the two materials after the fusion.
- bonded to means that a spacer and a plate are fixed monolithically by binding a spacer and a plate by adhesion.
- attached to means that a spacer and a plate are connected together.
- the spacers and the plate are made in the same materials. In other embodiment, the spacers and the plate are made from different materials. In other embodiment, the spacer and the plate are formed in one piece. In other embodiment, the spacer has one end fixed to its respective plate, while the end is open for accommodating different configurations of the two plates.
- each of the spacers independently is at least one of attached to, bonded to, fused to, imprinted in, and etched in the respective plate.
- independently means that one spacer is fixed with its respective plate by a same or a different method that is selected from the methods of attached to, bonded to, fused to, imprinted in, and etched in the respective plate.
- predetermined inter-spacer distance means that the distance is known when a user uses the plates.
- a larger plate holding force i.e. the force that holds the two plates together
- a smaller plate spacing for a given sample area
- a larger sample area for a given plate-spacing
- at least one of the plates is transparent in a region encompassing the relevant area
- each plate has an inner surface configured to contact the sample in the closed configuration; the inner surfaces of the plates are substantially parallel with each other, in the closed configuration; the inner surfaces of the plates are substantially planar, except the locations that have the spacers; or any combination of thereof.
- significantly flat is determined relative to the final sample thickness, and has, depending upon on embodiments and applications, a ratio of to the sample thickness of less than 0.1 %, less than 0.5%, less than 1 %, less than 2%, less than 5%, or less than 10%, or a range between any two of these values.
- flatness relative to the sample thickness may be less than 0.1 %, less than 0.5%, less than 1 %, less than 2%, less than 5%, less than 10%, less than 20%, less than 50%, or less than 100%, or a range between any two of these values.
- significantly flat may mean that the surface flatness variation itself (measured from an average thickness) is less than 0.1 %, less than 0.5%, less than 1 %, less than 2%, less than 5%, or less than 10%, or a range between any two of these values.
- flatness relative to the plate thickness may be less than 0.1 %, less than 0.5%, less than 1 %, less than 2%, less than 5%, less than 10%, less than 20%, less than 50%, or less than 100%, or a range between any two of these values.
- the spacers can be fabricated on a plate in a variety of ways, using lithography, etching, embossing (nanoimprint), depositions, lift-off, fusing, or a combination of thereof.
- the spacers are directly embossed or imprinted on the plates.
- the spacers are made by directly embossing a surface of a CROF plate.
- the nanoimprinting may be done by roll to roll technology using a roller imprinter, or roll to a planar nanoimprint. Such process has a great economic advantage and hence lowering the cost.
- the spacers are deposited on the plates.
- the deposition can be evaporation, pasting, or a lift-off.
- the spacer is fabricated first on a carrier, then the spacer is transferred from the carrier to the plate.
- the lift-off a removable material is first deposited on the plate and holes are created in the material; the hole bottom expose the plate surface and then a spacer material is deposited into the hole and afterwards the removable material is removed, leaving only the spacers on the plate surface.
- the spacers deposited on the plate are fused with the plate.
- the spacer and the plates are fabricated in a single process. The single process includes imprinting (i.e. embossing, molding) or synthesis.
- At least two of the spacers are fixed to the respective plate by different fabrication methods, and optionally wherein the different fabrication methods include at least one of being deposition, bonded, fuse, imprinted, and etched.
- one or more of the spacers are fixed to the respective plate(s) is by a fabrication method of being bonded, being fused, being imprinted, or being etched, or any combination of thereof.
- the fabrication methods for forming such monolithic spacers on the plate include a method of being bonded, being fused, being imprinted, or being etched, or any combination of thereof.
- scale-marker(s) refers to the scale-marker(s) that able to assist a quantification (i.e. dimension measurement) or a control of the relevant area and/or the relative volume of a sample.
- the scale-markers are on the first plate or the second plate, on both on plates, on one surface of the plate, on both surfaces of the plate, between the plates, near the plates, or any combination of thereof.
- the scale-markers are fixed on the first plate or the second plate, on both on plates, on one surface of the plate, on both surfaces of the plate, between the plates, near the plates, or any combination of thereof.
- the scale-markers are deposited on the first plate or the second plate, on both on plates, on one surface of the plate, on both surfaces of the plate, between the plates, near the plates, or any combination of thereof. In some embodiments, some of spacers are fixed and some spacers are deposited.
- the scale-marks are etched scale-marks, deposited materials, or printed materials. In certain embodiments, the materials that absorbing the light, reflecting light, emitting light, or any combination of thereof.
- the scale-markers are a or a plurality of object(s) with known dimensions and/or known separation distances.
- objects include, not limited to, rectangles, cylinders, or circles.
- the scale-markers have a dimension of in the range of nanometers (nm), microns (urn) or millimeters (mm) or other sizes.
- the scale-markers are a ruler, which has scale scale-marks that are configured to measure a dimension of an object.
- the scale-marks are in the scale of nanometer (nm), microns (urn) or millimeter (mm) or other sizes.
- the scale marks are etched scale-marks, deposited materials, or printed materials.
- the materials for the scale-markers are the materials that absorbing the light, reflecting light, scattering light, interfering light, diffracting light, emitting light, or any combination of thereof.
- the makers are the spacers, which server dual functions of "regulating sample thickness” and “providing scale-marking and/or dimension scaling".
- a rectangle spacer with a known dimension or two spacers with a known separation distance can be used to measure a dimension related to the sample round the spacer(s). From the measured sample dimension, one can calculate the volume of the relevant volume of the sample.
- the scale-markers is configured to at least partially define a boundary of the relevant volume of the sample.
- At least one of the scale-markers is configured to have a known dimension that is parallel to a plane of the lateral area of the relevant volume of the sample.
- At least a pair of the scale-markers are separated by a known distance that is parallel to a plane of the lateral area.
- the scale-markers are configured for optical detection.
- each scale-marker independently is at least one of light absorbing, light reflecting, light scattering, light diffracting, and light emitting.
- the scale-markers are arranged in a regular array with a known lateral spacing.
- each scale-marker independently has a lateral profile that is at least one of square, rectangular, polygonal, and circular.
- At least one of the scale-markers is attached to, bonded to, fused to, imprinted in, and etched in one of the plates.
- At least one of the scale-markers is one of the spacers.
- some spacers also play a role of scale-marker to quantification of a relevant volume of the sample.
- a binding site(s) (that immobilizes the analytes), storage sites, or alike, serves as a scale-marker(s).
- the site with a known lateral dimension interacts with light generating a detectable signal, that reals the known lateral dimension of the site, hence serving a scale-marker(s).
- the dimension of the sites are predetermined before a CROF process and the thickness of the portion of the sample sitting on the site is, when the plates are at the closed configuration, significantly smaller than the lateral average dimension of the site, then by controlling the incubation time so that, after the incubation, (1 ) the majority of the analytes/entity that bind to the binding site come from the sample volume that sites on top of the binding site, or (2) the majority of the reagent that is mixed (diffused) into the sample volume that sites on top of the binding site come from the storage site.
- the relevant volume of the sample to the binding or the reagent mixing is the volume that is approximately equal to the predetermined site area multiplies the sample thickness at the site.
- an assay has a binding site (i.e. the area with capture agents) of 1 ,000 urn by 1000 urn on a first plate of a CROF process (which has a surface large than the binding site); at the closed configuration of the plates, a sample with analytes is over the binding site, has a thickness of about 20 urn (in the bind site area) and an area larger than the binding site and is incubated for a time equal to the target analyte/entity diffusion time across the sample thickness.
- a binding site i.e. the area with capture agents
- a first plate of a CROF process which has a surface large than the binding site
- the signal due to the analytes/entity captured by the binding site, is measured after the incubation, one can determine the analyte/entity concentration in the relevant area and relevant volume of the sample from the information (provided by the binding site) of the relevant area and relevant volume.
- the analyte concentration is quantified by the number of analytes captured by the binding site divided the relevant volume.
- the relevant volume is approximately equal to the binding site area times the sample thickness
- the target analyte concentration in the sample is approximately equal to the number of analyte captured by the binding site divided by the relevant sample volume.
- the time for spreading the sample to the final thickness at a closed configuration is 0.001 sec or less, 0.01 sec, 0.1 sec, 1 sec, 5 sec, 10 sec,
- the time for spreading the sample to the final thickness at a closed configuration is 0.001 sec or less, 0.01 sec, 0.1 sec, 1 sec, 3 sec, 5 sec, 10 sec, 20 sec, 30 sec,
- the time for spreading the sample to the final thickness at a closed configuration is 0.001 sec or less, 0.01 sec, 0.1 sec, 1 sec, 3 sec, 5 sec, 10 sec, 20 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec, 90 sec, or a range between any two of the values.
- the time for spreading the sample to the final thickness at a closed configuration is 0.001 sec or less, 0.01 sec, 0.1 sec, 1 sec, 3 sec, 5 sec, 10 sec, 20 sec, 30 sec, or a range between any two of the values.
- the time for spreading the sample to the final thickness at a closed configuration is 0.001 sec or less, 0.01 sec, 0.1 sec, 1 sec, 3 sec, 5 sec, 10 sec, or a range between any two of the values.
- the time for spreading the sample to the final thickness at a closed configuration is 0.001 sec or less, 0.01 sec, 0.1 sec, 1 sec, 3 sec, or a range between any two of the values.
- the spacers are monolithically made on the X-Plate by embossing (e.g. nanoimprinting) a thin plastic film using a mold, and are made of the same materials. In one preferred embodiment, the spacers are monolithically made on the X-Plate by embossing (e.g. nanoimprinting) a thin plastic film using a mold, and are made of the same materials, and the thickness of the X-Plate is from 50um to 500um.
- the spacers are monolithically made on the X-Plate by embossing (e.g. nanoimprinting) a thin plastic film using a mold, and are made of the same materials, and the thickness of the X-Plate is from 50um to 250um.
- the spacers are monolithically made on the X-Plate and are made of the same materials, and the thickness of the X-Plate is from 50um to 500um.
- the spacers are monolithically made on the X-Plate a thin plastic film using a mold, and are made of the same materials, and the thickness of the X-Plate is from 50um to 250um.
- the spacers are monolithically made on the X-Plate by embossing (e.g. nanoimprinting) a thin plastic film using a mold, and are made of the same materials, where the plastic film are either PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate) of PS
- the spacers are monolithically made on the X-Plate by embossing (e.g. nanoimprinting) a thin plastic film using a mold, and are made of the same materials, where the plastic film are either PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate) of PS (polystyrene) and the thickness of the X-Plate is from 50um to 500um.
- embossing e.g. nanoimprinting
- the spacers are monolithically made on the X-Plate by embossing (e.g. nanoimprinting) a thin plastic film using a mold, and are made of the same materials, where the plastic film are either PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate) of PS (polystyrene) and the thickness of the X-Plate is from 50um to 250um.
- embossing e.g. nanoimprinting
- the spacers are monolithically made on the X-Plate by embossing (e.g. nanoimprinting) a thin plastic film using a mold, and are made of the same materials, where the plastic film are either PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate) of PS
- polystyrene polystyrene
- the spacers have either a square or rectangle shape, and have the same spacer height.
- the spacers have a square or rectangle shape (with or without round corners).
- the spacers have square or rectangle pillars with the pillar width (spacer width in each lateral direction) between 1 um to 200um; pillar period (i.e. spacer period) from 2um - 2000um, and pillar height (i.e. spacer height) from 1 um - 100um.
- the spacers made of PMMA or PS have square or rectangle pillars with the pillar width (spacer width in each lateral direction) between 1 um to 200um; pillar period (i.e. spacer period) from 2um - 2000um, and pillar height (i.e. spacer height) from 1 um - 100um.
- the spacers are monolithically made on the X-Plate and are made of plastic materials, and the spacers have square or rectangle pillars with the pillar width (spacer width in each lateral direction) between 1 um to 200um; pillar period (i.e. spacer period) from 2um - 2000um, and pillar height (i.e. spacer height) from 1 um - 100um.
- the spacers are monolithically made on the X-Plate and are made of the same materials, and the spacers have square or rectangle pillars with the pillar width (spacer width in each lateral direction) between 1 um to 200um; pillar period (i.e. spacer period) from 2um - 2000um, and pillar height (i.e. spacer height) from 1 um - 10um.
- the spacers are monolithically made on the X-Plate and are made of the same materials selected from PS or PMMA or other plastics, and the spacers have square or rectangle pillars with the pillar width (spacer width in each lateral direction) between 1 urn to 200um; pillar period (i.e. spacer period) from 2um - 2000um, and pillar height (i.e. spacer height) from 10 urn - 50um.
- one plate is X-Plate and the other plate is a planar thin film, wherein the thickness of at least one of the plates is in a range of from 10 urn to 250 urn; wherein the spacers are fixed on the X-Plate, and wherein the plates and the spacers can have the same materials or different materials and are made of PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate), PS (polystyrene), or a material of similar mechanical properties as PMMA or PS.
- PMMA polymethyl methacrylate
- PS polystyrene
- one plate is X-Plate and the other plate is a planar thin film, wherein the thickness of at least one of the plates is in a range of from 250 urn to 500 urn; wherein the spacers are fixed on the X-Plate, and wherein the plates and the spacers can have the same materials or different materials and are made of PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate), PS (polystyrene), or a material of similar mechanical properties as PMMA or PS.
- PMMA polymethyl methacrylate
- PS polystyrene
- one plate is X-Plate and the other plate is a planar thin film, wherein the thickness of at least one of the plates is in a range of from 10 urn to 250 urn; wherein the spacers are fixed on the X-Plate, and are an array of square or rectangle pillars with the pillar width (spacer width in each lateral direction) between 1 um to 200um; pillar period (i.e. spacer period) from 2um - 2000um, and pillar height (i.e.
- the plates and the spacers can have the same materials or different materials and are made of PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate), PS (polystyrene), or a material of similar mechanical properties as PMMA or PS.
- PMMA polymethyl methacrylate
- PS polystyrene
- Guard Ring Some embodiments have a guard ring to prevent sample flow out of the plate surface. Some embodiments of the guard ring is an enclosed wall around the sample area. The wall has a height equal to the spacer height or different from the spacer height. The wall ca be a significant distance away from the sample measurement area.
- the movable plates in a CROF process may include and/or may be coupled to a hinge, a stage, or some other positioning system that is configured to transition the plates between an open configuration and a closed configuration.
- Movable plates may be coupled together with one or more joints in a manner that leaves an opening to access the space between the plates (e.g., to insert and/or remove sample), provided that at least one of the joints and/or at least one of the plates is flexible enough to achieve the described open and closed configurations.
- a membrane pump is not considered to be a movable plate(s).
- the present invention provides the means to improve the uniformity.
- the factors that can degrade the uniformity of the plate spacing in CROF include (a) a local bending of a plate, (b) a non-flatness of the inner surface of a plate, and (c) dusts.
- the present invention uses certain design in the plates (mechanical strength, thickness, etc.), spacer size, number of spacers, layout of the spacers, inter spacer spacing, the precision of spacer height, among other things to overcome the factors that cause a non-uniformity.
- a CROF device has one rigid plate with a flat sample surface and one flexible plate that has local bending between two neighboring spacers, if the inter spacer distance is too large (Fig. 5a).
- the inter spacer distance is set to be equal or smaller the critical bending span of the flexible plate (Fig. 5b).
- the inter spacer distance should less than the smallest of the critical bending span of the two plates.
- a method for uniformly regulating a thickness of a relevant volume of a sample using two plates comprising:
- the spacers are configured to make the thickness of the relevant volume of the sample having a variation over a given area less than a predetermined value; and wherein the relevant volume is a portion or an entire volume of the sample.
- the configuration of the spacers comprises selecting a proper inter spacer distance.
- the inter spacer distance is selected, so that for an allowed sample thickness variation, given two plate, and a compression method, the bending of the two plates, under the compression method, is equal to or less than the allowed sample thickness variation.
- the regulated sample thickness at the closed configuration can be thinner than the maximum thickness of the sample when the plates are in the open configuration
- a device for regulating a thickness of a relevant volume of a sample comprising: a first plate and a second plate that are movable relative to each other into different configurations;
- one or both of the plates are flexible, and wherein one or both of the plates comprise spacers, the spacers have a predetermined inter-spacer distance and height, and each of the spacers is fixed with its respective plate;
- one of the configurations is an open configuration, in which: the two plates are either partially or completely separated apart, the spacing between the plates is not regulated by the spacers, and the sample is deposited on one or both of the plates;
- another of the configuration is a closed configuration, which is configured after the sample deposition in the open configuration; and in the closed configuration: the plates are facing each other, the spacers and the relevant volume of the sample are between the plates, the thickness of the relevant volume of the sample is regulated by the plates and the spacers;
- the spacers are configured to make the thickness of the relevant volume of the sample having a thickness variation over an area less than a predetermined value; and wherein the relevant volume is a portion or an entire volume of the sample.
- the configuration of the spacers and plates comprises selecting a proper inter spacer distance.
- the inter spacer distance is selected, so that for an allowed sample thickness variation, given two plate, and a compression method, the bending of the two plates, under the compression method, is equal to or less than the allowed sample thickness variation.
- the regulated sample thickness at the closed configuration can be thinner than the maximum thickness of the sample when the plates are in the open configuration
- small interspace spacing also allow to use flexible thin films (e.g. Plastic file of 100um thick) by making the inter-spacer distance less than the bending f the plate between two spacers.
- flexible thin films e.g. Plastic file of 100um thick
- the ratio of inter spacer distance to the critical bending span of the plate is at most 0.001 %, at most 0.001 %, at most 0.001 %, at most 0.01 %, at most 0.1 %, at most 1 %, at most 10 %, at most 20 %, at most 50 %, at most 70 %, at most 100 %, or a range between any two of the values.
- Certain embodiments of the present invention solve the problem by using a proper flexible plate(s) and inter spacer distance to limit the effect of the dust in a small area around the dust, while allowing the area outside the small area to have a final plate spacing and sample thickness set (regulated) by the spacers).
- Fig. 6b illustrates that, to overcome the effects of the dust, one flexible plate with a proper flexibility is used to limit the dust area, and it is used together with a rigid plate that has fixed spacers.
- Fig. 6c shows another embodiment of reducing the dust effect, where the spacers are fixed on the flexible plate.
- another solution is to make both plate flexible.
- the proper flexibility of the plates to minimize the effects of the dust in a CROF process can be selected from the thickness and the mechanical property of the plate. Based on the test illustrated in an Example preferred embodiments are following.
- a method for minimizing the effects of a dust on regulating a thickness of a relevant volume of a sample comprising:
- the spacers and plates are configured to minimize the area between the two plates that is affected by the dust; wherein the area affected by the dust is the area where the dust prevents the spacers to regulate the final spacing between the plates in the area at a closed configuration of the plates in the same way as if there is no dust; and wherein the relevant volume is a portion or an entire volume of the sample.
- the configuration of the spacers and plates for minimizing the dust effect area comprises selecting a proper thickness and mechanical property of the flexible plate.
- the inter spacer distance is selected, so that for an allowed sample thickness variation, given two plate, and a compression method, the bending of the two plates, under the compression method, is equal to or less than the allowed sample thickness variation.
- the regulated sample thickness at the closed configuration can be thinner than the maximum thickness of the sample when the plates are in the open configuration.
- a device for minimizing the effects of a dust on regulating a thickness of a relevant volume of a sample comprising:
- first plate and a second plate that are movable relative to each other into different configurations and that each plate has a sample contact surface that contact a sample, wherein one or both of the plates are flexible;
- spacers on the sample contacting surface of one or both of the plates, wherein the spacers have a predetermined inter-spacer distance and height, and each of the spacers is fixed with its respective plate;
- one of the configurations is an open configuration, in which: the two plates are either partially or completely separated apart, the spacing between the plates is not regulated by the spacers, and the sample is deposited on one or both of the plates;
- another of the configuration is a closed configuration, which is configured after the sample deposition in the open configuration; and in the closed configuration: the plates are facing each other, the spacers, the relevant volume of the sample, and one or a plurality of dusts of a thickness larger than the spacer height are between the plates, the thickness of the relevant volume of the sample is regulated by the plates and the spacers; and
- the spacers and plates are configured to minimize the area between the two plates that is affected by the dust; wherein the area affected by the dust is the area of the inner surface of the plates where the plates and the spacers no longer be able to regulate the sample thickness as the area that has no dust; and wherein the relevant volume is a portion or an entire volume of the sample.
- a surface flatness variation can be significantly large compared with a desired sample thickness, which can causes large errors in determining a sample thickness.
- a surface flatness variation can increasingly cause significant errors.
- a surface flatness variation can be characterized by the surface flatness variation distance of a plate, ⁇ , is the distance from a local maximum of a surface height to a neighboring local minimum (illustrated in Fig. 7b).
- the present invention provides the means that make the variation of the final sample thickness at the closed configuration of a CROF process smaller than the surface flatness variation on the sample surface of the plates that was existed when the plates in an open configuration.
- a key approach in the present invention for achieving a uniform final sample thickness is to use a flexible plate, a proper inter-spacer distance, and proper compressing force (illustrated in Fig. 7c and d).
- the sample surface of the rigid plate has a good flatness, but the sample surface of the flexible plate has a significant surface flatness variation (i.e. significant compared to the intended final sample thickness), as illustrated in Fig. 7a and b.
- the present invention corrects the initial flatness variation of the sample surface at an open configuration (e.g.
- the inter-spacer distance should also be smaller than the critical bending span of the flexible plate as well.
- the above method of correcting surface flatness variation also works for the cases (a) the rigid plate has an initial significant sample surface flatness variation while the flexible plate has a smooth sample surface, (b) both the flexible plate and the rigid plate have significant flatness variation on their prospective sample surface, and (c) both plates are flexible and the sample surface(s) of one or both plate(s) has significant surface flatness variation (Fig. 7d).
- a method for reducing the effect of surface flatness variation of a plate on the uniformity of the final thickness of a relevant volume of a sample in a CROF process comprising:
- the spacers and plates are configured to make the thickness variation of the relevant volume of the sample at the closed configuration is less than the surface flatness variation of the plate(s) at the open configuration, and wherein the relevant volume is a portion or an entire volume of the sample.
- a device for reducing the effect of surface flatness variation of a plate on the uniformity of regulating a thickness of a relevant volume of a sample comprising:
- first plate and a second plate that are movable relative to each other into different configurations, wherein one or both of the plates are flexible, and one or both plates has a surface flatness variation; spacers that are fixed on one or both of the plates and have a predetermined height; wherein one of the configurations is an open configuration, in which: the two plates are either partially or completely separated apart, the spacing between the plates is not regulated by the spacers, and the sample is deposited on one or both of the plates;
- another of the configuration is a closed configuration, which is configured after the sample deposition in the open configuration; and in the closed configuration: the plates are facing each other, the spacers and the relevant volume of the sample are between the plates, the thickness of the relevant volume of the sample is regulated by the plates and the spacers;
- the spacers and plates are configured to make the thickness variation of the relevant volume of the sample at the closed configuration is less than the surface flatness variation of the plate(s) at the open configuration, and wherein the relevant volume is a portion or an entire volume of the sample, and the average dimension of the relevant volume is larger than that the surface flatness variation of the plate at the open configuration.
- the configuration of the spacers and plates to reduce the effect of surface flatness variation of a plate on the uniformity of the final thickness of a relevant volume of a sample comprises using a proper inter spacer distance (IDS).
- IDS inter spacer distance
- One preferred embodiment is that the IDS is equal to or less than the initial surface flatness variation distance of a plate at an open configuration.
- the spacers are inside the sample at the closed configuration, (2) the spacers are fixed with respective plates, (3) Short inter-spacer distance, or (4) any combinations of thereof.
- the configuration of the spacers and plates that make the thickness of the relevant volume of the sample uniform has an embodiment described above.
- the predetermined inter-spacer distance is configured to limit a local bending of the plates between two spacers, and wherein the relevant volume is a portion or an entire volume of the sample.
- one plate is PMMA.
- one plate (first plate) is a glass of a thickness of 0.5 to 1 .5 mm thick and does not have any spacer
- the other plate (second) plate is a PMMA film of 175 urn thick and has a spacer array, wherein the spacer are pillars with a rectangle shape (a dimension of 40um in x-direction and 30um in y-direction) with round corners and a period of 120um in x-direction and 1 10um in y- direction (leading to the inter-spacer spacing of 80 urn in both x and y directions).
- the ratio of pillar width (or lateral average dimension) to pillar height is 0.01 or larger, 0.1 or larger, 1 or larger, 1 .5 or larger, 2 or larger, 3 or larger, 5 or larger, 10 or larger, 50 or larger, 100 or larger, or a range between any two of the values.
- the ratio of pillar width (or lateral average dimension) to pillar height is 1 , 1 .5, 2, 10, 20, 30, 50, 100, or a range between any two of the values.
- the ratio of pillar period to pillar width is 1 .01 , 1 .1 , 1 .2, 1 .5, 1 ,7, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1000, 10,000, or a range between any two of the values.
- the ratio of pillar period to pillar width is 1 .2, 1 .5, 1 ,7, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 20, 30, or a range between any two of the values.
- the ratio of pillar period to pillar width is 1 .2, 1 .5, 1 ,7, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, or a range between any two of the values.
- preferred X-Plate pillar height is between 1 um to 5um
- pillar width is between 2um to 30um
- pillar period is between 4um to 300um.
- preferred X-Plate pillar height is between 5um to
- pillar width is between 10um to 250um
- pillar period is between 20um to 2500um.
- other factors are also used to control the sample thickness uniformity, these factors include, but not limited to, the sample area, the plate mechanical properties, the final sample thickness at the closed configuration, and the plate surface wetting properties.
- the spacer is a periodic square array, wherein the spacer is a pillar that has a height of 2 to 4 um, an average lateral dimension of from 5 to 20 um, and inter-spacer spacing of 1 um to 100 um.
- the spacer is a periodic square array, wherein the spacer is a pillar that has a height of 2 to 4 um, an average lateral dimension of from 5 to 20 um, and inter-spacer spacing of 100 um to 250 um.
- the spacer is a periodic square array, wherein the spacer is a pillar that has a height of 4 to 50 um, an average lateral dimension of from 5 to 20 um, and inter-spacer spacing of 1 um to 100 um.
- the spacer is a periodic square array, wherein the spacer is a pillar that has a height of 4 to 50 um, an average lateral dimension of from 5 to 20 um, and inter-spacer spacing of 100 um to 250 um.
- the period of spacer array is between 1 nm to 100 nm in one preferred embodiment, 100 nm to 500 nm in another preferred embodiment, 500 nm to 1000 nm in a separate preferred embodiment, 1 um (i.e. 1000 nm) to 2 um in another preferred embodiment, 2 um to 3 um in a separate preferred embodiment, 3 um to 5 um in another preferred embodiment, 5 um to 10 um in a separate preferred embodiment, and 10 um to 50 um in another preferred embodiment, 50 um to 100 um in a separate preferred embodiment, 100 um to 175 um in a separate preferred embodiment, and 175 um to 300 um in a separate preferred embodiment, and.
- the sample is deposited by several methods or a combination of the methods.
- the sample is deposited on only one plate.
- the sample is deposited on both plates (i.e. the first and the second plate).
- the sample is deposited when the plates are at an open configuration.
- the first plate and the second plate are well separated from each other during the sample deposition, so that the sample is easily deposited onto one plate without a hindrance of another plate.
- the first plate and the second plate can be far away, so that the sample is directly dropped onto the first plate or the second plate, as if the other plate does not exist.
- the first plate and the second plate are separated with a distance from each other at an opening configuration of the plates, then the sample is deposited on the plates (e.g. by lateral flow or other dropping methods).
- the two plates have one side (e.g. edge) connected together during all operations of the plates (Fig. 30); and an opening and a closing of the two plates similar to opening and closing a book.
- the deposition of the sample can be a single drop or multiple drops.
- the multiple drops can be at one location or multiple locations of either one plate or both plates.
- the droplets can be well separated from each other, connected, or a combination of thereof.
- a sample comprises more than one materials, and the materials are deposited together or separately. The materials are deposited separately either in parallel or sequence.
- the deposition of the sample to the plates can be performed using a device or directly from test subject to the plates.
- a sample is deposited using a device.
- the device include, but not limited to, pipettes, needle, stick, swab, tube, jet, liquid dispenser, tips, stick, inkjets, printers, spraying devices, etc.
- a sample is deposited by a direct contacting between the sample at the sample source and a CROF plate without using any devices (i.e. bring the sample and the plate together to make a contact between the two). This is termed "direct sample deposition".
- Examples of a direct sample deposition of a sample to a plate(s) are (a) a direct contact of between pricked finger (or other body parts) and a plate, (b) spitting saliva onto the plate(s), (c) taking a tear in human eyes by a direct contact between the tear and the plate(s), (d) a direct contact between the sweat and the plate(s), and (e) a direct breathing onto the plate(s) to deposit a breath, etc.
- Such direct deposition method can be used for both human and animals.
- both a direct and indirect (through a device) sample deposition are used.
- the volume of the sample that is deposited on the plate or the plates is at most 0.001 pL (pico liter), at most 0.01 pL, at most 0.1 pL, at most 1 pL, at most 10 pL, at most 100 pL, at most 1 nl_ (nano liter), at most 10 nl_, at most 100 nl_, at most 1 uL (micro liter), at most 10 uL, at most 100 uL, at most 1 mL (milliliter), at most 10 ml_, or a range of any two of these values.
- the depositing of a sample comprise the steps of (a) put a sample on one or both of the plates, and (b) spreading the sample using a means other than the second plate compression in a CROF process.
- the means of spreading the sample include using another device (e.g. stick, blade), air blow, or others.
- the samples behave approximately like an incompressible liquid (which refers a liquid that maintains a constant volume under a shape deformation), therefore a change in the sample thickness would lead to the change in the sample area.
- the samples behave like a compressible liquid, yet their lateral area still expand when their thickness is reduced during a CROF process.
- the sample are liquid, gel, or soft-solids, as long as that, during a CROF process, their lateral area expands when their thickness is reduced.
- facing the first plate and the second plate is a process that manipulates the position and orientation of the first plate or the second plate or both, so that the sample is between the inner surfaces of the first plate and the second plate.
- the action of "facing the first plate and the second plate” is performed by human hands, human hands with certain devices, or automatic devices without human hands.
- the thickness is at most 1 mm, at most 100 ⁇ , at most 20 ⁇ , at most 10 ⁇ , or at most 2 ⁇ . In some embodiments, the thickness is at least 0.1 ⁇ . In some embodiments, further comprising measuring the thickness.
- a variation of the thickness of the relevant volume of the sample is at most 300%, at most 100%, at most 30%, at most 10%, at most 3%, at most 1 %, at most 0.3%, or at most 0.1 % of an effective diameter of the relevant area
- the thickness is at least partially determined by the predetermined height. 5. Analytes, Entity, Binding Site, Storage site, and Transfer Media
- the entity include, but not limited to, one of a protein, an amino acid, a nucleic acid, a lipid, a carbohydrate, a metabolite, a cell, or a nanoparticle.
- the binding site includes a binding partner configured to bind to the respective entity.
- the binding site includes an entity bound to the binding site.
- the placing the sample includes placing the sample within the binding site.
- the reagent includes at least one of a protein, an amino acid, a nucleic acid, a lipid, a carbohydrate, and a metabolite.
- the storage site includes dried reagent.
- the storage site includes reagent configured to be released from the storage site upon contact with the sample.
- the first storage site and the second storage site are in a common storage site.
- the transfer media is a sample.
- the transfer media is a liquid, wherein the reagent or the entity can be dissolved and diffuse in the liquid.
- a plate has multiple storage sites. In another embodiment, one storage site has multiple reagent.
- a plate has multiple storage sites on different locations of the plate or one storage site stores multiple reagent, and upon in touch with the sample by the storage sites, the reagents are released but released at different time for different reagents on the same storage site or reagents on different storage sites.
- the first reagent is configured to be released from the first storage site upon contact with the sample in a first average release time and the second reagent is configured to be released from the second storage site upon contact with the sample in a second average release time, and wherein the first average release time is less than the second average release time.
- the first reagent is configured to be released from the first storage site upon contact with the sample and wherein the second reagent is a bound reagent.
- the depositing includes binding at least one of the reagents to the respective plate.
- the contacting includes releasing at least one of the reagents from the respective plate.
- the depositing includes depositing a first reagent and a second reagent, and wherein the contacting includes releasing the first reagent before the second reagent.
- At least one of the plates comprises a storage site that includes a reagent that is to be added to the relevant volume of the sample.
- the reagent includes at least one of a protein, an amino acid, a nucleic acid, a lipid, a carbohydrate, and a metabolite.
- the storage site includes dried reagent.
- the storage site includes reagent configured to be released from the storage site upon contact with the sample.
- the storage site is a first storage site and the reagent is a first reagent
- the device includes a second storage site including a second reagent that is to be added into the relevant volume of the sample, wherein the second storage site is on one of the plates.
- the first storage site and the second storage site are in a common storage site.
- the first reagent is configured to be released from the first storage site upon contact with the sample in a first average release time and the second reagent is configured to be released from the second storage site upon contact with the sample in a second average release time, and wherein the first average release time is less than the second average release time.
- At least one of the reagents is dried on the respective plate.
- At least one of the reagents is bound to the respective plate.
- At least one of the reagents is configured to be released from the respective plate upon contact with the sample.
- a first reagent is on one or both of the plates and a second reagent is on one or both of the plates, wherein the first reagent is configured to be released from the respective plate upon contact with the sample in a first average release time and the second reagent is configured to be released from the respective plate upon contact with the sample in a second average release time, and wherein the first average release time is less than the second average release time.
- the storage site is a first storage site and the reagent is a first reagent
- the device includes a second storage site including a second reagent that is to be added into the relevant volume of the sample, wherein the second storage site is on one of the plates.
- a binding site to capture (i.e. bind) the analytes only in a portion of a sample, not in the entire sample. It is also desirable in some cases that a reagent is added (i.e. mixed) into a port of a sample, not the entire sample. It is often desirable that there is no fluidic separation between the portion of the sample and the rest of the sample. Such requirements are preferable or necessary in certain multiplexed detections.
- the present invention offers a solution to the above requirements by using a CROF method and device to reshape a sample into a ultra-thin film of a thickness, that is smaller than the lateral dimension of the portion of the sample, wherein only an analyte inside that portion of the sample will be captured, or only the portion of the sample will be mixed with a reagent.
- the working principle for such approach is that when the thickness of the sample is smaller than the lateral dimension of the portion of the sample, a capture of an analyte by a surface or a mixing of reagent placed on a surface can be primarily limited by the diffusion of the analytes and the reagent in the thickness direction, where the diffusion in the lateral diffusion is relatively insignificant.
- a sample is reshaped in to a thin film of 5 urn thick
- the portion of the sample that an analyte should be captured or a reagent should be mixed has a lateral dimension of 5 mm by 5 mm
- the diffusion time of analyte or reagent across the 5 urn is 10 sec
- the lateral diffusion of the analyte or the reagent across the 5 mm distance is 1 ,000,000 sec (since the diffusion time is proportional to the square of the diffusion distance).
- a method for locally bind target entities in a relevant volume of a sample to a binding site on a surface comprising:
- the majority of the target entity bound to the binding site is from a relevant volume of the sample
- the incubation allows the target entity to bind to the binding site, and wherein the relevant volume is a portion of the sample that is above the binding site at the closed configuration.
- the thickness of a relevant volume of the sample is significantly less than the minimum average dimension of the binding site
- the ratio of the minimum average dimension of the binding site to the sample thickness is at least 3, at least 5, at least 10, at least 20, at least 50, at least 100, at least 500, at least 1 ,000, at least 10,000, at least 100,000, or any range between the values.
- the length to thickness ratio is at least 3, at least 5, at least 10, at least 20, at least 50, at least 100, at least 500, or any range between the values.
- the ratio of the time for diffusing across the minimum lateral dimension of the binding site to the time for diffusion across the sample thickness is at least 3, at least 10, at least 50, at least 10, at least 100, at least 1 ,000, at least 10,000, at least 100,000, at least 1 ,00, 000, or any range between the values.
- the length to thickness diffusion time ratio is at least 3, at least 10, at least 50, at least 10, at least 100, at least 1 ,000, at least 10,000, or any range between the values.
- a device for locally binding entity in a relevant volume of a sample to a binding site on surface comprising:
- the first plate has, on its surface, a binding site that has an area smaller than that of the plate and is configured to bind target entity in a sample, wherein the target entity are capable of diffusing in the sample, and wherein one or both of the plates comprise spacers and each of the spacers is fixed with its respective plate and has a predetermined height;
- one of the configurations is an open configuration, in which: the two plates are either partially or completely separated apart, the spacing between the plates is not regulated by the spacers, and the sample is deposited on one or both of the plates, wherein another of the configuration is a closed configuration, which is configured after the sample deposition in the open configuration; and in the closed configuration: the plates are facing each other, the spacers, the binding site, and at least a portion of the sample are between the plates, the sample contacts at least a part of the binding site, the thickness of a relevant volume of the sample is regulated by the plates and the spacers, is thinner than the maximum thickness of the sample when the plates are in the open configuration, wherein the relevant volume is the volume of the sample that sits on the binding site;
- spacer height is selected to regulate the thickness of the relevant volume at the closed configuration to be at least 3 times less than the average linear dimension of the binding site.
- the regulation of the thickness of the relevant volume to 3 times less than the average linear dimension of the binding site makes the diffusion time of the entity across the sample thickness is 9 times less than that across a distance equal to the average linear dimension of the binding site.
- Such thickness regulation makes it possible to select an incubation time, such that the incubation results in (i) a significant number of target entity in the relevant volume are bound to the binding site and (ii) a significant number of the target entity bound to the binding site are from the relevant volume of the sample, and wherein the incubation is a process to allow the target entity to bind to the binding site.
- the incubation time is set to be the time that equals to the diffusion time of the entity across the thickness of the relevant volume of the sample.
- a method for locally binding entity stored on a storage site of one plate to a binding site on another plate comprising:
- the term of "at least a port of the storage site is directly facing the binding site” means that the shortest distance from a point in the portion to the binding site is the same as the thickness of the relevant volume at the closed configuration of the plates.
- a device for binding entity stored on a storage site of one plate to a relevant binding site on another plate comprising:
- first plate and a second plate that are movable relative to each other into different configurations, wherein a surface of first plate has a binding site; and a surface of the second plate has a storage site that contains entity to be bound to the binding site; wherein the area of the binding site and the area of the storage site is less than that of respective plates; and wherein one or both of the plates comprise spacers and each of the spacers is fixed with its respective plate and has a predetermined height; wherein one of the configurations is an open configuration, in which: the two plates are either partially or completely separated apart, the spacing between the plates is not regulated by the spacers, and a transfer medium is deposited on one or both of the plates, wherein the entity on the storage site are capable of being dissolving into the transfer medium and diffusing in the transfer medium,
- another of the configuration is a closed configuration, which is configured after the transfer medium deposition in the open configuration; and in the closed configuration: the plates are facing each other, the spacers, the binding site, the storage site and at least a portion of the transfer medium are between the plates; at least a portion of the storage site is directly facing the binding site with a portion of the transfer medium between them, and the thickness of a relevant volume of the transfer medium is regulated by the plates and the spacers, and is thinner than the maximum thickness of the sample when the plates are in the open configuration;
- the relevant volume is the volume of the transfer medium that sits on the storage site when the plates are in closed configuration
- spacer height is selected to regulate the thickness of the relevant volume at the closed configuration to be at least 3 times less than the average linear dimension of the binding site.
- a method for locally binding entity stored on multiple storage sites of one plate to Itiple corresponding binding sites on another plate comprising:
- incubating for a time and stopping the incubation, wherein the incubation time is selected in such that results in a significant number of the entity bound to each binding site are from a corresponding storage site, wherein the relevant volume is the volume of the transfer medium that sits on the binding sites, and the incubation is a process to allow the entity to be bound to the binding site.
- the spacing is limited to the binding sample area.
- the transfer medium is a sample with target analyte
- the binding site comprises capture agent
- the entity in the storage site is detection agent
- the target analyte binds the capture agent and the detection agent to form a capture agent-analyte-detection agent sandwich.
- the method P5 simplify an assay steps and can reduce the assay time by using smaller spacer height to have a thinner sample thickness and shorter vertical diffusion time for both analytes and detection agents for a shorter saturation assay time.
- a device for locally binding entity stored on multiple storage sites of one plate to multiple corresponding binding sites on another plate comprising:
- first plate and a second plate that are movable relative to each other into different configurations; wherein a surface of first plate has multiple binding sites, and a surface of the second plate has multiple corresponding storage sites; wherein each corresponding storage site is located in a location on the second plate that is corresponding to the location of a binding site, so that when the two plates are placed face-to-face, each binding site overlaps only one storage site; and wherein one or both of the plates comprise spacers and each of the spacers is fixed with its respective plate and has a predetermined height;
- one of the configurations is an open configuration , in which : the two plates are either partially or completely separated apart, the spacing between the plates is not regulated by the spacers, and a transfer medium is deposited on one or both of the plates, wherein the entity on the storage site are capable of being dissolving into the transfer medium and diffusing in the transfer medium,
- another of the configuration is a closed configuration, which is configured after the transfer medium deposition in the open configuration ; and in the closed configuration : the two plates are facing each other, the spacers, the binding sites, the storage sites and at least a portion of the transfer medium are between the plates, each binding site directly faces only one corresponding storage site, the transfer medium contacts at least a part of each of the binding sites and a part of each of the storage sites, the thickness of a relevant volume of the transfer medium is regulated by the plates and the spacers, and is thinner than the maximum thickness of the transfer medium when the plates are in the open configuration ;
- the relevant volume is the volume of the transfer medium that sits on the storage site when the plates are in closed configuration ;
- predetermined spacer height is selected to regulate the thickness of the relevant volume at the closed configuration to be significantly less than the average linear dimension of the binding sites.
- a method for locally adding a reagent into a relevant volume of a sample comprising:
- the incubation time is selected in such that results in (i) a significant number of the reagents dissolved in the sample are contained in the relevant volume of the sample and (ii) the reagents are in the significant part of the relevant volume, and wherein the relevant volume is the volume of the sample that sits on the storage site when the plates are in closed configuration, and the incubation is a process to allow the reagent to dissolve and diffuse in the sample.
- a device for locally adding a reagent stored on a plate surface into a relevant volume of a sample comprising:
- the first plate has, on its surface, a storage site that contains reagents to be added into a relevant volume of a sample, the reagents are capable of being dissolving into the sample and diffusing in the sample; and wherein one or both of the plates comprise spacers and each of the spacers is fixed with its respective plate and has a predetermined height; wherein one of the configurations is an open configuration, in which: the two plates are either partially or completely separated apart, the spacing between the plates is not regulated by the spacers, and the sample is deposited on one or both of the plates;
- another of the configuration is a closed configuration, which is configured after the sample deposition in the open configuration; and in the closed configuration: the plates are facing each other, the spacers, the storage site, and at least a portion of the sample are between the plates, the sample contacts at least a portion of the storage site and at least a port of plate surface outside the storage site, the thickness of a relevant volume of the sample is regulated by the plates and the spacers, is thinner than the maximum thickness of the sample when the plates are in the open configuration, and wherein the relevant volume is the volume of the sample that sits on the storage site when the plates are in closed configuration;
- spacer height is selected to regulate the thickness of the relevant volume at the closed configuration of the plates to be at least 3 times less than the average linear dimension of the relevant volume in the plate surface direction.
- One aspect of the present invention is to form a capture-analyte-detection sandwich on a binding site on a solid surface in a single step by using a CROF process and by putting the binding site on one plate and a storage site which stores the detection agent on the corresponding location of the other plate.
- a method for forming a capture-analyte-detection sandwich on a binding site of a plate comprising:
- the relevant volume is at least a portion or an entire volume of the sample.
- a device for forming a capture-analyte-detection sandwich on a binding site of a plate comprising:
- the first plates has a binding site that has capture agents being immobilized on the site, and the second plate has a storage site that stores detection agents; wherein the capture agents and the detection agents (are capable to) bind to a target analyte in a sample to form a capture agent-target analyte-detection agent sandwich; wherein when the storage site is in contact with the sample, the detection agents are capable to be dissolved into the sample and diffuse in the sample; and wherein one or both of the plates comprise spacers and each of the spacers is fixed with its respective plate and has a predetermined height;
- one of the configurations is an open configuration, in which: the two plates are either partially or completely separated apart, the spacing between the plates is not regulated by the spacers, and the sample is deposited on one or both of the plates;
- another of the configuration is a closed configuration, which is configured after the sample deposition in the open configuration; and in the closed configuration: the plates are facing each other, the spacers and a relevant volume of the sample are between the plates, the thickness of the relevant volume of the sample is regulated by the plates and the spacers and is thinner than the sample thickness when the plates are in the open configuration, and the sample is in contact with the binding site and the storage site; and wherein the relevant volume is at least a portion or an entire volume of the sample.
- a method for forming a capture-analyte-detection sandwich on a binding site of a plate using the analytes that are from a portion of the sample comprising:
- a device for forming a capture-analyte-detection sandwich on a binding site of a plate with the analytes that are from a portion of the sample comprising:
- the first plates has a binding site that has capture agents being immobilized on the site, and the second plate has a storage site that stores detection agents; wherein the capture agents and the detection agents (are capable to) bind to a target analyte in a sample to form a capture agent-target analyte-detection agent sandwich; wherein when the storage site is in contact with the sample, the detection agents are capable to be dissolved into the sample and diffuse in the sample; and wherein one or both of the plates comprise spacers and each of the spacers is fixed with its respective plate and has a predetermined height;
- one of the configurations is an open configuration, in which: the two plates are either partially or completely separated apart, the spacing between the plates is not regulated by the spacers, and the sample is deposited on one or both of the plates;
- another of the configuration is a closed configuration, which is configured after the sample deposition in the open configuration; and in the closed configuration: the plates are facing each other, the spacers, the binding site, and the storage site are between the plates, the binding site and the storage site are in contact with a relevant volume of the sample, and the thickness of the relevant volume of the sample is regulated by the plates and the spacers and is thinner than the sample thickness when the plates are in the open configuration; and wherein the relevant volume is the volume of the sample that sits on the binding site; and
- spacer height is selected to regulate the thickness of the relevant volume at the closed configuration to be significantly less than the average linear dimension of the binding site.
- a method for reducing the time of forming a capture-analyte-detection sandwich on a binding site of a plate comprising:
- the method may further comprise a wash step to remove the sample between the plates, and the wash step is performed when the plates are in either a closed configuration or an open configuration.
- the methods further comprise a read step that reads the signal from the capture- analyte-detection sandwich immobilized on the binding site.
- the read is performed either after a wash or without any wash.
- the method may further be multiplexed, as described above or below.
- a device for reducing the time of forming a capture-analyte-detection sandwich on a binding site of a plate comprising:
- the first plates has a binding site that has capture agents being immobilized on the site, and the second plate has a storage site that stores detection agents; wherein the capture agents and the detection agents (are capable to) bind to a target analyte in a sample to form a capture agent-target analyte-detection agent sandwich; wherein when the storage site is in contact with the sample, the detection agents are capable to be dissolved into the sample and diffuse in the sample; and wherein one or both of the plates comprise spacers and each of the spacers is fixed with its respective plate and has a predetermined height;
- one of the configurations is an open configuration, in which: the two plates are either partially or completely separated apart, the spacing between the plates is not regulated by the spacers, and the sample is deposited on one or both of the plates;
- another of the configuration is a closed configuration, which is configured after the sample deposition in the open configuration; and in the closed configuration: the plates are facing each other, the spacers, the binding site, and the storage site are between the plates, the binding site overlaps the storage site, the binding site and the storage site are in contact with a relevant volume of the sample, and the thickness of the relevant volume of the sample is regulated by the plates and the spacers and is thinner than the sample thickness when the plates are in the open configuration; and thereby the reduced thickness of the sample reduces the time for the analytes and the detection agents diffusing vertically across the thickness of the sample, wherein the relevant volume is at least a portion of an entire volume of the sample.
- the method may comprise attaching a capture agent a plate, wherein the attaching is done via a chemical reaction of the capture agent with a reactive group on the plate.
- the other plate may contain a patch of a dried detection reagent at a location such that, after the plates are closed, the affixed capture agent and the patch of detection reagent are facing each other.
- the method may comprise contacting a sample containing a target- analyte with the device and closing the plates, as described above.
- the detection reagent dissolves and diffuses into the sample. Since the target analyte is in solution, the target analyte will be bound by the capture agent and immobilized to the surface of one of the plates.
- the detection agent can bind to the target analyte before or after it is bound to the capture agent.
- the method may comprises removing any target-analytes that are not bound to the capture agent, or any unbound detection reagent (e.g., by washing the surface of a plate in binding buffer);
- the detection agent may be conjugated with an optical detectable label, thereby providing a way to detect the target analyte.
- the system can be read, e.g., using a reading system, to read a light signal (e.g., light at a wavelength that is in the range of 300 nm to 1200 nm) from detection agent that is bound to the plate.
- a light signal e.g., light at a wavelength that is in the range of 300 nm to 1200 nm
- the detection agent may be labeled directly (in which case the detection agent may be strongly linked to a light- emitting label prior to deposition onto one of the plates), or labeled indirectly (i.e., by binding the detection agent to a second capture agent, e.g., a secondary antibody that is labeled or a labeled nucleic acid, that specifically binds to the detection agentt and that is linked to a light- emitting label).
- a second capture agent e.g., a secondary antibody that is labeled or a labeled nucleic acid, that specifically binds to the detection agentt and that is linked to a light- emitting label.
- the method may comprise a blocking agent, thereby preventing non-specific binding of the capture agents to non-target analytes.
- Suitable conditions for the specific binding of target analytes to other agents include proper temperature, time, solution pH level, ambient light level, humidity, chemical reagent concentration, antigen- antibody ratio, etc., are all well known or readily derivable from the present disclosure.
- General methods for methods for molecular interactions between capture agents and their binding partners are well known in the art (see, e.g., Harlow et al,. Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual, First Edition (1988) Cold spring Harbor, N.Y.; Ausubel, et al, Short Protocols in Molecular Biology, 3rd ed., Wiley & Sons, 1995).
- the methods described above and below are exemplary; the methods herein are not the only ways of performing an assay.
- a nucleic acid capture agent can be used to capture a protein analyte (e.g., a DNA or RNA binding protein).
- a protein analyte e.g., a DNA or RNA binding protein
- the protein capture agent e.g., a DNA or RNA binding protein
- the sample may be a clinical sample derived from cells, tissues, or bodily fluids.
- Bodily fluids of interest include but are not limited to, amniotic fluid, aqueous humour, vitreous humour, blood (e.g., whole blood, fractionated blood, plasma, serum, etc.), breast milk, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), cerumen (earwax), chyle, chime, endolymph, perilymph, feces, gastric acid, gastric juice, lymph, mucus (including nasal drainage and phlegm), pericardial fluid, peritoneal fluid, pleural fluid, pus, rheum, saliva, sebum (skin oil), semen, sputum, sweat, synovial fluid, tears, vomit, urine and exhaled condensate.
- a plate is contacted with a sample containing a target analyte (e.g., a target protein) and the plates are closed.
- a target analyte e.g., a target protein
- the sample contains, or is amended to contain, all necessary reagents (e.g., salts and the like) conditions suitable for specific binding.
- the capture agents e.g., antibodies
- detection agent specifically bind to a target analyte in the sample, thereby leading to a patch of labeled analyte that can be detected.
- the amount of target analyte in the sample can be measured to provide a qualitative or quantitative measure of the amount of target analyte in the sample.
- the magnitude of the signal provides a quantitative determination of the amount of target analyte in the sample.
- the evaluation may be compared to a standard curve (e.g., of a second analyte or a spiked-in analyte) that may in certain cases be at a known concentration. This comparison may be facilitated by depositing capture agents at different densities (e.g., different concentrations) and reading the signal from each patch of capture agent.
- One aspect of the present invention is to significantly reduce the volume of the sample or reagent used in a testing, by depositing a tiny volume of a sample or a reagent on a plate and then reshaping the volume into a thin film with a smaller thickness but larger area than before. Such reshaping also allows faster reaction.
- a method for binding target entity in a sample to a binding site comprising:
- a device for binding target entity in a sample to a surface binding site comprising: a first plate and a second plate that are movable relative to each other into different configurations;
- the first plate has, on its surface, a binding site that binds target entity in a sample, and wherein the binding site has an area larger than the contact area of the sample when the sample is deposited on only one of the plates and without contacting the other plate;
- the plates comprise spacers and each of the spacers is fixed with its respective plate and has a predetermined height;
- one of the configurations is an open configuration, in which: the two plates are either partially or completely separated apart, the spacing between the plates is not regulated by the spacers, and the sample is deposited on one or both of the plates and covers, as deposited, either no area or a partial area of the binding site;
- another of the configuration is a closed configuration, which is configured after the sample deposition in the open configuration; and in the closed configuration: the plates are facing each other, the spacers and the sample are between the plates, the sample contacts more area of the binding site than that when the plates are in the open configuration, and the thickness of the sample on the binding site is regulated by the plates and the spacers.
- a method for binding target entity in a sample to a binding site comprising:
- a device for binding target entity in a sample to a binding site comprising:
- the first plate has, on its surface, a storage site that contains reagents and the reagents are to be added into the sample, and wherein one or both of the plates comprise spacers and each of the spacers is fixed with its respective plate and has a predetermined height;
- the plates comprise spacers and each of the spacers is fixed with its respective plate and has a predetermined height;
- one of the configurations is an open configuration, in which: the two plates are either partially or completely separated apart, the spacing between the plates is not regulated by the spacers, and the sample is deposited on one or both of the plates, wherein another of the configuration is a closed configuration, which is configured after the sample deposition in the open configuration; and in the closed configuration: the plates are facing each other, the spacers and a relevant volume of the sample are between the plates, the sample contacts more areas of the storage site than that when the plates are in the open configuration, and the thickness of the relevant volume of the sample is regulated by the spacer; and wherein the relevant volume is a portion of the sample that site on the storage site.
- Drops of a sample can be multiple drops, and in the closed configuration, the drops merged into a film with a thickness less than the maxmimun thickness.
- the volume of the sample that is deposited on the plate or the plates is at most 0.001 pL (pico liter), at most 0.01 pL, at most 0.1 pL, at most 1 pL, at most 10 pL, at most 100 pL, at most 1 nl_ (nano liter), at most 10 nl_, at most 100 nl_, at most 1 uL (micro liter), at most 10 uL, at most 100 uL, at most 1 mL (milliliter), at most 10 mL, or a range of any two of these values.
- the examples include binging of entity of sample to a surface binding site, adding reagents into a sample, quantification a relevant volume of the sample, quantification of analytes, and others.
- One aspect of the present invention is to improve the precision, uniformity, or easy-to- use of the methods and/or devices that regulate a thickness of a relevant volume of a sample by compressing the sample with two plates.
- a method for uniformly binding an entity in a sample into a binding site of a plate UAB1 comprising:
- the spacers and the plate are configured to make the regulated thickness of the relevant volume at the plate closed configuration more uniform than that in the plate open configuration; and wherein the relevant volume is a portion or an entire volume of the sample. It further has a storage site on the plate opposite to the binding site for forming a uniform sandwich.
- a device for uniformly binding an entity in a sample into a binding site on a plate comprising:
- the first plate has, on its surface, a binding site that is configured to bind the target entity, wherein one or both of the plates comprise spacers and each of the spacers is fixed with its respective plate and has a predetermined height;
- one of the configurations is an open configuration, in which: the two plates are either partially or completely separated apart, the spacing between the plates is not regulated by the spacers, and the sample is deposited on one or both of the plates;
- another of the configuration is a closed configuration, which is configured after the sample deposition in the open configuration; and in the closed configuration: the plates are facing each other, the spacers and the relevant volume of the sample are between the plates, the binding site is in contact with the relevant volume, the thickness of the relevant volume of the sample is regulated by the plates and the spacers and is, compared to the plates are in the open configuration, thinner than the maximum thickness of the sample and more uniform over the binding site;
- a method for uniformly adding a reagent into a relevant volume of a sample comprising:
- the spacers and plates are configured to make the thickness of the relevant volume of the sample more uniform over the area of the relevant volume at the plate closed configuration than that at the plate open configuration; and wherein the relevant volume is a portion or an entire volume of the sample.
- a device for uniformly adding a reagent into a relevant volume of a sample comprising:
- the first plate has, on its surface, a storage site that contains reagents to be added into a relevant volume of a sample, the reagents are capable of being dissolving into the sample and diffusing in the sample; and wherein one or both of the plates comprise spacers and each of the spacers is fixed with its respective plate and has a predetermined height;
- one of the configurations is an open configuration, in which: the two plates are either partially or completely separated apart, the spacing between the plates is not regulated by the spacers, and the sample is deposited on one or both of the plates;
- another of the configuration is a closed configuration, which is configured after the sample deposition in the open configuration; and in the closed configuration: the plates are facing each other, the spacers and the relevant volume of the sample are between the plates, the storage site is in contact with the relevant volume, and the thickness of the relevant volume of the sample is regulated by the plates and the spacers and is thinner than the maximum thickness of the sample when the plates are in the open configuration;
- the spacers and plates are configured to make the thickness of the relevant volume of the sample more uniform over the area of the relevant volume at the plate closed configuration than that at the plate open configuration; and wherein the relevant volume is a portion or an entire volume of the sample.
- UAB5. A method for uniformly a capture-analyte-detection sandwich on a binding site of a plate, comprising:
- a device for uniformly a capture-analyte-detection sandwich on a binding site of a plate comprising:
- the first plates has a binding site that has capture agents being immobilized on the site, and the capture agents are capable of binding to a target analyte in a sample;
- the second plate has a storage site that stores the detection agents, which, are capable of (a) when the storage site is in contact with the sample, being dissolved into the sample and diffuse in the sample; and (b) binding to the target analyte and form a capture agent-target analyte-detection agent sandwich;
- the plates comprise spacers and each of the spacers is fixed with its respective plate and has a predetermined height;
- one of the configurations is an open configuration, in which: the two plates are either partially or completely separated apart, the spacing between the plates is not regulated by the spacers, and the sample is deposited on one or both of the plates;
- another of the configuration is a closed configuration, which is configured after the sample deposition in the open configuration; and in the closed configuration: the plates are facing each other, the spacers and a relevant volume of the sample are between the plates, the thickness of the relevant volume of the sample is regulated by the plates and the spacers and is thinner than the sample thickness when the plates are in the open configuration, and the sample is in contact with the binding site and the storage site;
- the spacers and plates are configured to make the thickness of the relevant volume of the sample more uniform over the area of the relevant volume at the plate closed configuration than that at the plate open configuration; and wherein the relevant volume is a portion or an entire volume of the sample.
- a method for regulating a thickness of a relevant volume of a sample comprising: (a) obtaining a sample, wherein a thickness of a relevant volume of the sample is to be regulated;
- the spacers and plates are configured to make the thickness of the relevant volume of the sample more uniform over the area of the relevant volume at the plate closed configuration than that at the plate open configuration; and wherein the relevant volume is a portion or an entire volume of the sample.
- UAB8 A device for regulating a thickness of a relevant volume of a sample, comprising: a first plate and a second plate that are movable relative to each other into different configurations;
- one or both of the plates comprise spacers, the spacers have a predetermined inter-spacer distance and height, and each of the spacers is fixed with its respective plate; wherein one of the configurations is an open configuration, in which: the two plates are either partially or completely separated apart, the spacing between the plates is not regulated by the spacers, and the sample is deposited on one or both of the plates;
- another of the configuration is a closed configuration, which is configured after the sample deposition in the open configuration; and in the closed configuration: the plates are facing each other, the spacers and the relevant volume of the sample are between the plates, the thickness of the relevant volume of the sample is regulated by the plates and the spacers and is thinner than the maximum thickness of the sample when the plates are in the open configuration;
- the spacers and plates are configured to make the thickness of the relevant volume of the sample more uniform over the area of the relevant volume at the plate closed configuration than that at the plate open configuration; and wherein the relevant volume is a portion or an entire volume of the sample
- the configuration of the spacers and plates that make the thickness of the relevant volume of the sample uniform has an embodiment described in the disclosure.
- the uniformity of the thickness of the relevant volume of the sample is such that the sample thickness at the closed configuration has a relative variation of at most 0.001 %, at most 0.01 %, at most 0.05%, at most 0.1 %, at most 0.5%, at most 1 %, at most 2 %, at most 5 %, at mos10 %, at most 20%, at most 30%, at most 50%, at most 75%, at mos90%, less than 100%, or a range between any two of these values.
- the uniformity of the thickness of the relevant volume of the sample is such that the sample thickness at the closed configuration has a relative variation of at most 0.1 %, at most 0.5%, at most 1 %, at most 2 %, at most 5 %, at mos10 %, at most 20%, at most 30%, at most 50%, or a range between any two of these values.
- the saturation incubation time can vary from location to location in the binding site, forcing a longer saturation incubation time to ensure all locations in the binding site having reached the saturation.
- One of current major obstacles for PoC diagnostics and for any assays which use a small sample volume is poor sensitivities. It is desirable to enhance the signal of an assay.
- One aspect of the present invention is related to the devices and methods that put the binding site on a signal amplification surface (SAS) to amplify the signal for achieving higher sensitivity.
- SAS signal amplification surface
- Signal amplification surfaces may also be referred to as signal amplification layers (SAL).
- the general structures of SAL comprise nanoscale metal-dielectric/semiconductor-metal structures, which amplifies local surface electric field and gradient and light signals.
- the amplification are the high at the location where there are the sharp (i.e. large curvature) edges of a metal structure and the between a small gaps of the two metal structures.
- the highest enhancement regions are those having both the sharp edges and the small gaps.
- the dimensions for all metallic and non-metallic micro/nanostructures generally are less than the wavelength of the light the SAL amplifies (i.e., subwavelength).
- a SAL layer has as many of the metallic sharp edges and the small gaps as possible. This requires having a dense group of metallic nanostructures with small gaps between the nanostructures.
- SAL structures may include several different layers. Furthermore, the SAL layer itself can be further improved by a process that can further cover the portions of the metallic materials that do not have sharp edges and small gaps, as described in US provisional application serial no. 61/801 ,424, filed on March 15, 2013, and PCT application WO2014197096, filed on March 15, 2014, which are incorporated by reference for all purposes, as well as PCT/US2014/028417 (Chou et al, "Analyte Detection Enhancement By Targeted Immobilization, Surface Amplification, And Pixelated Reading And Analysis"), which is incorporated by reference herein for all purposes.
- a signal amplification surface is the D2PA array (disk- coupled dots-on-pillar antenna arrays), which may also comprise a molecular adhesion layer that covers at least a part of said metallic dot structure, said metal disc, and/or said metallic back plane and, optionally, a capture agent that specifically binds to an analyte, wherein said capture agent is linked to the molecular adhesion layer of the D2PA array.
- the nanosensor can amplify a light signal from an analyte, when said analyte is bound to the capture agent.
- the dimension of one, several or all critical metallic and dielectric components of SAL are less than the wavelength of the light in sensing.
- a method for amplifying the signal of assaying a target entity in a relevant volume of a sample comprising:
- one of the plates comprises, on its surface, one binding site that comprises a signal amplification surface that is configured to bind the target entity and to amplify an optical signal which is on or near the signal amplification surface; and wherein one or both of the plates comprise spacers and each of the spacers is on its respective plate and has a predetermined height;
- a device for amplifying the signal in assaying a target entity in a relevant volume sample comprising:
- the first plate comprises, on its surface, one binding site, and the binding site comprises a signal amplification surface that is configured to (i) bind a target entity in a sample and (ii) amplify an optical signal which is on or near the signal amplification surface; wherein one or both of the plates comprise spacers and each of the spacers is on its respective plate and has a predetermined height;
- one of the configurations is an open configuration, in which: the two plates are either partially or completely separated apart, the spacing between the plates is not regulated by the spacers, and the sample is deposited on one or both of the plates,
- another of the configuration is a closed configuration, which is configured after the sample deposition in the open configuration; and in the closed configuration: the plates are facing each other, the spacers and the relevant volume of the sample are between the plates, the thickness of the relevant volume of the sample is regulated by the plates and the spacers and is thinner than that when the plates are in the open configuration; wherein the relevant volume is a portion of the sample that contact to the binding site when the plates are in the closed configuration.
- the signal amplification surface includes at least one of a metal- dielectric nanostructure, a metal-semiconductor nanostructure, and a disk-coupled dots-on-pillar antenna array.
- the signal amplification surface includes a metal layer.
- the typical diffusion length is about 10 urn, 33 urn, and 100 urn, respectively, for an incubation time of 1 s (second), 10 s and 100 s.
- a typical thickness of a liquid drop on a typical surface is 2.5 mm, which is at least 25 time thicker than the above diffusion lengths, leading significant waste (costly) if the incubation time is 100 s or less.
- One aspect of the present invention is to spread a drop(s) of reagent into a large area but very thin thickness ( thinner than a natural dropping) to save the reagents and hence reduce the cost.
- a method for saving a reagent that contains target entity that bind to a surface binding site comprising:
- Paragraph S1 it further comprised a step that after (d) and while the plates are in the closed configuration, incubating for a time and stopping the incubation, wherein the incubation time is approximately equal to the time for the target entity diffusing across the maximum sample thickness when the plates are in the closed configuration, and wherein the incubation is a process to allow the entity to bind to the binding site.
- a device for saving a reagent that contain target entity that bind to a surface binding site comprising:
- the first plate has, on its surface, a binding site that binds target entity in a reagent, and wherein the binding site has an area larger than the contact area of the reagent if the reagent is deposited on only one of the plates, without contacting the other plate;
- the plates comprise spacers and each of the spacers is fixed with its respective plate and has a predetermined height;
- one of the configurations is an open configuration, in which: the two plates are either partially or completely separated apart, the spacing between the plates is not regulated by the spacers, and the reagent is deposited on one or both of the plates;
- another of the configuration is a closed configuration, which is configured after the reagent deposition in the open configuration; and in the closed configuration: the plates are facing each other, the spacers and the reagent are between the plates, the reagent contacts more area of the binding site than that when the plates are in the open configuration, and the thickness of the reagent on the binding site is regulated by the plates and the spacers, and is thinner than that when the plates are in the open configuration.
- Quantification and/or control of a relevant volume of a sample is useful for quantification and/or control of the concentration of chemical compounds (including analytes, entity, reagents, etc.) in the sample.
- a sample volume quantification includes a use of a metered pipette (e.g., Eppendorf's "Research plus pipette, adjustable, 0.5-10 ⁇ _", SKU #3120000020), or a geometry.
- a metered pipette e.g., Eppendorf's "Research plus pipette, adjustable, 0.5-10 ⁇ _", SKU #3120000020
- metering devices are inconvenient to use and/or expensive.
- One aspect of the present invention is related to the methods, devices, and systems that quantify and/or control a relevant volume of a sample that deposited on a plate, without using a metered pipette and/or a fixed microfluidic channel.
- the relevant volume which can be a portion or the entire volume of the sample, is relevant to the quantification and/or control of the concentration of target analyte and/or entity in the sample.
- the methods, devices and systems in the present invention are easy to use and low cost. 12.1
- a method for quantifying a relevant volume of a sample comprising:
- the relevant volume is at least a portion of an entire volume of the sample.
- a method for quantifying a relevant volume in a sample comprises:
- the relevant volume is at least a portion of an entire volume of the sample.
- a plate for use in quantifying a relevant volume in a sample comprising:
- a plate that comprises, on its surface, (i) spacers that have a predetermined inter-spacer distance and height and are fixed on the surface, and (ii) a sample contact area for contacting a sample with a relevant volume to be quantified, wherein at least one of the spacers is inside the sample contact area.
- a device for quantifying a relevant volume in a sample comprising:
- first plate and a second plate that (a) are movable relative to each other into different configurations and (b) each has a sample contact area for contacting a sample with a relevant volume to be quantified
- one or both of the plates comprise, on its surface(s), spacers that have a predetermined inter-spacer distance and height, and the spacers are fixed with respective plates;
- one of the configurations is an open configuration, in which: the two plates are separated apart, the spacing between the plates is not regulated by the spacers, and the sample is deposited on one or both of the plates, wherein another of the configuration is a closed configuration, which is configured after the sample deposition in the open configuration; and in the closed configuration: the plates are facing each other, the spacers and the relevant volume of the sample are between the plates, the thickness of the relevant volume of the sample is regulated by the plates and the spacers and is thinner than that when the plates are in the open configuration, and at least one of the spacers is inside the sample; and
- the relevant volume of the sample is quantified in the closed configuration, and the relevant volume is at least a portion of an entire volume of the sample.
- the quantifying of a relevant volume of the sample while the plates are at a closed configuration includes, but not limited to, each of the following five embodiments:
- the mechanical methods include, but not limited to, a use of the spacers (i.e. the mechanical device that regulate the spacing between the inner surfaces of the substrate and the cover-plate to a predetermined value), mechanical probe or rulers, sound waves (e.g. reflection and/or interference of ultrasound wave to measure the spacing), or any combination of thereof.
- the spacers i.e. the mechanical device that regulate the spacing between the inner surfaces of the substrate and the cover-plate to a predetermined value
- mechanical probe or rulers e.g. reflection and/or interference of ultrasound wave to measure the spacing
- the optical methods include, but not limited to, a use of light interference, or optical imaging (e.g. taking a 2D (two-dimensional)/3D (three-dimensional) image of the sample, optical imaging of multiple times (with different viewing angles, different wavelength, different phase, and/or different polarization), image processing, or any combination of thereof.
- a use of light interference or optical imaging (e.g. taking a 2D (two-dimensional)/3D (three-dimensional) image of the sample, optical imaging of multiple times (with different viewing angles, different wavelength, different phase, and/or different polarization), image processing, or any combination of thereof.
- the electrical methods include, but not limited to, capacitive, or resistive or impedance measurements, or any combination of thereof.
- the measurement of the sample thickness is to measure the spacing between the inner surfaces of the two plate.
- the use of predetermined one or several parameter(s) related to the relevant volume of the sample wherein the predetermined parameter is the predetermined sample thickness that is regulated by the spacers when the plates are in a closed configuration.
- the parameters related to the relevant volume of the sample are the parameters at a closed configuration, that include, but not limited to, (i) the spacing between the inner surfaces of the first plate and the second plate (in CROF), (ii) the sample thickness, (iii) the entire or a relevant portion of the sample area, (iv) the entire or a relevant portion of the sample volume, or (v) any combination of thereof.
- the quantification of the sample volume or a relevant sample volume comprising steps of (i) multiplying the sample thickness by the entire sample area to get the entire sample volume, (ii) multiplying the sample thickness by the relevant sample area to get the relevant sample volume, or (iii) multiplying the relevant sample thickness by the entire or relevant sample area to get the relevant sample volume.
- the measurement is to take 3D (three-dimensional) image of the relevant volume.
- the quantification of the relevant volume of the sample by measuring the lateral area of the relevant volume of the sample, then using it with the thickness of the relevant volume to determine the volume of the relevant volume of the sample, wherein the thickness of the relevant volume is determined from the information of the spacer, and the information of the spacer include the spacer height;
- the quantification of the relevant volume of the sample by measuring the lateral area of the relevant volume of the sample and the spacer together, then using it with the thickness of the relevant volume and the volume of the spacers to determine the volume of the relevant volume of the sample, wherein the thickness of the relevant volume is determined from the inform of the spacer;
- the quantification of the relevant volume of the sample by measuring the lateral area and the thickness of the relevant volume of the sample;
- the quantification of the relevant volume of the sample by measuring the volume of the relevant volume of the sample optically.
- scale marks are used to assist the quantification of a relevant volume of the sample while the plates are at a closed configuration, wherein some embodiments of the scale markers, their use and measurements, etc. are described in Section 2.
- the quantification of the relevant volume of the sample comprises a step of substracting the none-sample volume, wherein the none-sample volume is determined, in some embodiments, by the embodiments described in in the disclosures
- a method for quantifying analytes in a relevant volume of a sample comprising:
- step (b) measuring, after step (a), a signal related to the analytes from the relevant volume, wherein the relevant volume is at least a portion of an entire volume of the sample
- a method for quantifying analytes in a relevant volume of a sample comprising: (a) perform the steps in the method of paragraph Q2; and
- step (b) measuring, after step (a), a signal related to the analytes from the relevant volume, wherein the relevant volume is at least a portion of an entire volume of the sample.
- it further comprises a step of calculating the analytes concentration by dividing the signal related to the analytes from the relevant volume of the sample by the volume of the relevant volume.
- one or both plates further comprise a binding site, a storage site, or both.
- the signal related to the analyte is a signal directly from the analytes or a label attached to the analyte.
- step (b) measuring, after step (a), a signal related to the analytes from the relevant volume
- the relevant volume is at least a portion of an entire volume of the sample.
- a method for quantifying analytes in a relevant volume of a sample comprising:
- step (b) measuring, after step (a), a signal related to the analytes from the relevant volume
- the relevant volume is at least a portion of an entire volume of the sample.
- the signal related to the analyte is a signal directly from the analytes that binds to the binding site or a label attached to the analyte that binds to the binding site.
- a plate for use in quantifying analyte concentration in a relevant volume in a sample comprising:
- a plate that comprises, on its surface, (i) spacers that have a predetermined inter-spacer distance and height, and (ii) a sample contact area for contacting a sample with analyte concentration in a relevant volume to be quantified, wherein at least one of the spacers is inside the sample contact area.
- the concentration of target analytes and/or entity in a sample can be quantified or controlled, if the number of target analytes and/or entity in the sample are quantified, as well as the relevant volume of the sample is quantified.
- a device for quantifying analyte concentration in a relevant volume in a sample comprising: a first plate and a second plate that (a) are movable relative to each other into different configurations and (b) each has a sample contact area for contacting a sample with analyte concentration in a relevant volume to be quantified, wherein one or both of the plates comprise, on its surface(s), spacers that have a predetermined inter-spacer distance and height, and each of the spacers are fixed with respective plates;
- one of the configurations is an open configuration, in which: the two plates are separated apart, the spacing between the plates is not regulated by the spacers, and the sample is deposited on one or both of the plates,
- another of the configuration is a closed configuration, which is configured after the sample deposition in the open configuration; and in the closed configuration: the plates are facing each other, the spacers and the relevant volume of the sample are between the plates, the thickness of the relevant volume of the sample is regulated by the plates and the spacers and is thinner than that when the plates are in the open configuration, and at least one of the spacers is inside the sample; and
- analyte concentration in the relevant volume of the sample is quantified in the closed configuration, and the relevant volume is at least a portion of an entire volume of the sample.
- the plate further comprises a binding site, or a storage site, or both.
- a binding site is a binding site that bind the analytes in the sample.
- the plate further comprises a or a plurality of scale-markers, wherein some embodiments of the scale-markers described in Section 2.
- the measuring device includes at least one of an imager and a camera.
- the measuring device is configured to image the lateral area of the relevant volume of the sample.
- the measuring device includes a light source to illuminate the lateral area of the relevant volume of the sample.
- the step of calculating the concentration is to divide the total target analytes or the entity by the relevant sample volume.
- measuring signal is to use an optical imager to count the number of target analytes or entity.
- the measurement can be a use of optical microscope to measure blood cells (red cell, white cells, platelets) in a blood sample.
- measuring the number of target analytes or entity in a sample can be an embodiment of surface-immobilization assay that catch the target analytes or the entity on the surface.
- an apparatus for quantifying a volume of a sample or detecting/quantifying an analyte in a sample comprises any of the devices in paragraphs Q1 -10, plus (1 ) optical imagers, and/or (2) a light source and optical imagers, etc.
- the optical imager includes a photosensor, optical lenses, filters, polarizers, waveplates, beam splitters, mechanical mounts, or any combination of thereof.
- the measuring of the relevant sample area or volume comprises (i) having a marker on the first plate, the cover plate, between them, or any combination of thereof, (ii) taking optical imaging (e.g. taking a 2D (two-dimensional)/3D (three-dimensional) image of the sample and the image taking can be multiple times with different viewing angles, different wavelength, different phase, and/or different polarization) and (iii) image processing based on the maker and the sample images.
- optical imaging e.g. taking a 2D (two-dimensional)/3D (three-dimensional) image of the sample and the image taking can be multiple times with different viewing angles, different wavelength, different phase, and/or different polarization
- image processing based on the maker and the sample images.
- the reading of a signal from a sample uses a scanning method, where a reader (e.g. photodetectors or camera) reads a portion of the sample (or plate) and then moves to another portion of the sample (or plate), and such process continues until certain pre-specified port of the sample (or plate) being read.
- the scan reading of a sample covers all part of the sample (or the plate) or a fraction of the sample (or the plate).
- the scan reading are assisted by the location markers that indicate a location of the sample (or the plate).
- the location markers is the periodic spacers, which has a fixed period and location, or the markers for the relevant area which also has predetermined location and size for indicating a location of the sample or plate.
- an analyte is detected and/or quantified (i.e. assayed) by measuring a signal related to the analyte, wherein the signal is an optical signal, electrical signal, mechanical signal, chemi-physical signal, or any combination of thereof.
- the analyte assaying are performed when the two plates in a CROF device are close to each other. In some embodiments, the analyte assaying are performed when the two plates in a CROF device are separated from each other.
- the optical signal includes, but not limited to, light reflection, scattering, transmission, absorption, spectrum, color, emission, intensity, wavelength, location, polarization, luminescence, fluorescence, electroluminescence, chemoluminescence, eletrochemoluminescence, or any combination of thereof.
- the optical signal is in the form of optical image (i.e. light signal vs location of the sample or device) or a lump sum of all photons coming from a given area or volume.
- a preferred wavelength of the light is in a range of 400 nm to 1 100 nm, a range of 50 nm to 400 nm, a range of 1 nm to 50 nm, or a range of 1 100 to 30,000 nm. Another preferred wavelength is in terahertz.
- the electrical signal includes, but not limited to, charge, current, impedance, capacitance, resistance, or any combination of thereof.
- the mechanical signal includes, but not limited to, mechanical wave, sound wave, shock wave, or vibration.
- the chemi-physical signal includes, but not limited to, PH value, ions, heat, gas bubbles, color change, that are generated in an reaction.
- the label is a bead and the label is attached to the label through an analyte specific binding process (e.g. use detection agent to bind the bead to the analyte, use capture agent to capture the analyte with bead, use a capture agent to bind the analyte and then use detection agent to attach the bead, or other approaches.
- analyte specific binding process e.g. use detection agent to bind the bead to the analyte, use capture agent to capture the analyte with bead, use a capture agent to bind the analyte and then use detection agent to attach the bead, or other approaches.
- the capture and detection agents bind the analyte specifically), then a measurement is used to identify each of the beads that are attached to the analytes, and count them.
- each of the analyte or the beads are sensed and counted by optical means (such as (i) optical labels and reading of the labels, (ii) surface plasmon resonance, (iii) optical interferences, (iv) electrical methods (e.g. capacitance, resistance, impedance, etc.), or others.
- optical means such as (i) optical labels and reading of the labels, (ii) surface plasmon resonance, (iii) optical interferences, (iv) electrical methods (e.g. capacitance, resistance, impedance, etc.), or others.
- the sensors can be on the surface of the first plate and/or the second plate.
- Certain embodiments may include determining the analyte concentration in (a) surface immobilization assay, (b) bulk assay (e.g., blood cell counting), and (c) others.
- the methods of the sample volume, the relevant volume of the sample, or the concentration uses a smart-phone.
- the measuring a signal is to measure the number of the analytes in the sample, or measure the number of a label being attached to the analytes in the sample.
- the "measuring signal" is to (a) identify each of the analyte or the label attached to each analyte, and (b) count their number.
- the analytes detection is an electrical method when electrodes are put on one or both of the first and second plates (this applies to any of the methods and devices that uses CROF).
- the electrodes measure the charge, current, capacitance, impedance, or resistance of a sample, or any combination of thereof.
- the electrodes measure an electrolyte in a sample.
- the electrodes have a thickness equal or less than the thickness spacer. In some embodiments, the electrode serve as a part of the spacers.
- the electrodes are made of various conducting materials.
- a preferred electrode material is gold, silver, aluminum, copper, platinum, carbon nanotubes, or any combination of thereof.
- the measuring uses the devices that is a camera or photodetector plus an optional processor configured to make the measurement.
- the concentration determining devices comprises a processor configured to determine the concentration from the measurements (volume, area, thickness, number of analytes, intensity)
- a concentration determining device is configured to determine the concentration of the target analytes in the relevant volume from the measured lateral area, the thickness, and the measured amount of the target molecules.
- the signals from the sample, analytes, and entity, binding sites, reagents, CROF plates, or any combinations of thereof are detected and analytes.
- Some embodiments of the signal detection using pixelated reading and analysis are described in the disclosure, while some other embodiments are described in Publication Number: WO2014144133 A and Application Number: PCT/US2014/028417 (Chou et al, "Analyte Detection Enhancement By Targeted Immobilization, Surface Amplification, And Pixelated Reading And Analysis", which is incorporated by reference herein for all purposes.
- the signal is electromagnetic signal, including electrical and optical signals with different frequencies, light intensity, fluorescence, chromaticity, luminescence (electrical and chemo-luminescence), Raman scattering, time resolved signal (including blinking).
- the signals also can be the forces due to local electrical, local mechanical, local biological, or local optical interaction between the plate and the reading device.
- the signal also includes the spatial (i.e. position), temporal and spectral distribution of the signal.
- the detection signal also can be absorption.
- the analyte include proteins, peptides, DNA, RNA, nucleic acid, small molecules, cells, nanoparticles with different shapes.
- the targeted analyte can be either in a solution or in air or gas phase.
- the sensing includes the detection of the existence, quantification of the concentration, and determination of the states of the targeted analyte.
- electric field is used to assist molecular selectivity, or bonding, and detection.
- the methods include, but not limited to, far-field optical methods, near-field optical methods, epi- fluorescence spectroscopy, confocal microscopy, two-photon microscopy, and total internal reflection microscopy, where the target analytes are labelled with an electromagnetic radiation emitter, and the signal in these microscopies can be amplified by the amplification surface of a CROF plate.
- the signal comprises the information of the position, local intensity, local spectrum, local polarization, local phase, local Raman signature of said signals, or any combination of thereof.
- the detection of a signal is to measure a lump-sum signal from an area (i.e. the signal from the area, regardless which location in the area).
- the detection of signal is to measure an signal image of an area (i.e. signal vs location); namely, the area is divided into pixels and the signal from each pixel of the area is individually measured, which is also termed "PIX" or "pixelated imaging detection".
- PIX signal image of an area
- pixelated imaging detection the signal from each pixel of the area is individually measured.
- the individual measurement of each pixel can be in parallel or sequential or a mix.
- the reading uses appropriate detecting systems for the signal to be detected in sequence or in parallel or their combination.
- a sequential detection one or several pixels are detected a time, and scanner will be used to move the detection into other areas of the SAL.
- a parallel detection a multipixel detector array, such as imaging camera (e.g. CCD's), will be used to take detect the signals from different pixels at the same time.
- the scan can be single path or multi-path with a different pixel size for each path.
- Fig. 2C of PCT/US2014/028417 schematically illustrates pixelated reading on an x, y, z stage.
- the pixel size for the reading/detection will be adjusted to for the balance of optical resolution and total reading time.
- a smaller pixel size will take a longer time for reading/scanning the entire or fraction of the SAL.
- a typical pixel size is 1 um to 10 um in size.
- the pixel has different shapes: round, square and rectangle.
- the lower limit of the pixel size is determined by the optical resolution of the microscope system, and the higher limit of the pixel size is determined in order to avoid reading error from the uneven optical response of the imager (optical aberration, illumination uniformity, etc.).
- an embodiment of a reading system comprises (a) a plate or plates used for CROF; (b) a reading device 205 for producing an image of signals emanating from a surface of said plate, wherein signals represent individual targeted analyte binding events; (c) a device assembly 300 that holds the plate and the imager; (d) an electronics and a data storage 301 for storing said image; and (e) a computer comprising programming for identifying and counting individual binding events in an area of the image.
- the device assembly 300 controls or changes the relative position between the plate and the reading device, in at least one of the three (x, y, z) orthogonal directions, for reading the signal.
- An embodiment of the device assembly comprises a scanner 301 .
- the scanner 301 scans in in at least one of the three (x, y, z) orthogonal directions.
- the reading device 302 is a CCD camera. In some embodiments, the reading device 302 is a photodetector comprising one or more other optical devices that are selected from optical filters 303, spectrometer, lenses 304, apertures, beam splitter 305, mirrors 306, polarizers 307, waveplates, and shutters. In some embodiments, he reading device 302 is a smartphone or mobile phone, which have the capability of local and remote communications. The reading device collects the position, local intensity, local spectrum, local Raman signature of said signals, or any combination of thereof.
- optical filters 303, light beam splitters 305, optical fibers, a photodetector (e.g. pn junction, a diode, PMT (photomultiplier tube), or APD (Avalanch Photo Diode), imaging camera (e.g. CCD's, or cellphone camera) and spectrometer together with a scanner provided by the device assembly 301 are coupled to a microscope system which uses a far-field confocal setting or a wide-field view setting.
- a photodetector e.g. pn junction, a diode, PMT (photomultiplier tube), or APD (Avalanch Photo Diode
- imaging camera e.g. CCD's, or cellphone camera
- spectrometer e.g. CCD's, or cellphone camera
- the reading is performed by recording the brightness, temporal change and spectral change of one or a few pixels a time and raster scanning the entire interested area of the SAL.
- a camera is used to record the brightness and temporal change of the entire or a fraction of SAL area a time.
- proper optical filters and light beam manipulators polarizer, beam splitters, optical fibers, etc.
- Fig. 9 of PCT/US2014/028417 schematically illustrates one arrangement of components for this system.
- the signals detected in a pixelated manner are analyzed to determine the number and/or types of the particular molecules at a particular pixel or several pixels, which, in turn is used to quantify the type and/or concentration of the targeted analytes.
- the term "signal detected in a pixelated manner" refers to the method where the area that has signal(s) is divided into pixels and the signal from each pixel of the area is individually measured, which is also termed "PIX" or "pixelated imaging detection". The individual measurement of each pixel can be in parallel or sequential or a mix.
- the analysis comprises to analyze the spatial, tempo, spectral information of the signal.
- the analysis include, but not limited to, statistical analysis, comparison, integration, and others.
- Fig. 5 of PCT/US2014/028417 shows a flow chart for one embodiment of this method.
- the analysis method -1 comprises (1 ) determine the local background signal intensity, (2) determine local signal intensity for one label, two labels, etc.; and (3) determine the total number of labels in the imaged area.
- the background signal means the signal that is generated under the exact conditions as other samples, except that the sample does not contain any targeted analytes.
- Analysis-1 uses EM-CCD to record the spatial distribution bioassay signal intensity.
- a cellphone smart phone, mobile phone
- a cellphone is used for imaging of the signal.
- the local signal intensity of labels are determined using a two-step procedure.
- time-evolved imaging of a sample is used to find hot spot that has single labels (analyte).
- the total time of imaging is on the scale of 10s of seconds and the resolution is on the scale of 10s of milli-second.
- hot spot of single analyte a clear ON/OFF binary behavior of hot spot fluorescence intensity is observed.
- the pixels that displays such behavior are first counted as single labels/analyte. Their coordinate on the image and intensity is thus recorded. The averaged intensity of these hot pot is then used as the brightness of single label on the plate assay.
- the analysis-2 method comprises (1 ) determine the local background signal spectrum, (2) determine local signal spectrum for one label, two labels, etc.; and (3) determine the total number of labels in the imaged area.
- Analysis-2 is based on using high-resolution spectrometer combined with a confocal microscope setup to record spatial distribution of bioassay signal spectra. Some details of Analysis-2 the analysis are:
- a reference sample is used.
- This reference sample is a sensing plate without any analyte immobilized and is imaged using the identical instrumentation set at identical experiment conditions for bioassays on the sensing plate.
- a confocal microscope is then used to measure the local bioassay signal spectrum. The detection area is determined by the pin-hole size before the high-resolution spectrometer and the numerical aperture of the microscope objective lens.
- the confocal microscope raster scan the entire the sensing site of the sensing plate to obtain the spatial distribution of background signal spectrum l(x,y,A).
- a histogram is then plotted which gives the number of pixels with a certain spectrum moment (Jl(A)dA).
- n is an integer number used as a parameter to adjust the threshold value. Usually, n is set equals to 3, 5, or 7 in this work.
- a confocal microscope setup coupled to a high resolution spectrometer is used. Read-out is performed similar to step (1 ). Since spectrum of a single molecule can only be reliably detected using high-sensitivity CCD with seconds of exposure time, which cannot provide enough time resolution to determine single labels' binary behavior in a hot spot.
- the analysis-3 (Sensing by Pixelated SERS signal).
- One embodiment of signal analysis, Analysis-3 comprises (1 ) determine the local background signal of "surface enhanced Raman scattering" (SERS) signature, (2) determine local SERS signal for one label, two labels, etc.; and (3) determine the total number of labels in the imaged area.
- SERS surface enhanced Raman scattering
- Analysis-3 is based on using high-resolution spectrometer combined with a confocal microscope setup to record spatial distribution of bioassay signal SERS spectra.
- a reference sample is used.
- This reference sample is a sensing plate without any analyte immobilized and is imaged using the identical instrumentation set at identical experiment conditions for bioassays on the sensing plate.
- a confocal microscope is then used to measure the local bioassay SERS spectrum. The detection area is determined by the pin-hole size before the high-resolution spectrometer and the numerical aperture of the microscope objective lens.
- the confocal microscope raster scan the entire sensing site of the sending plate to obtain the spatial distribution of background signal spectrum l(x,y,cm "1 ).
- a histogram is then plotted which gives the number of pixels with the molecule's unique SERS signature intensity l(cm "1 ).
- n is an integer number used as a parameter to adjust the threshold value. Usually, n is set equals to 3, 5, or 7 in this work.
- the analysis-4 method comprises (1 ) take an image (i.e. picture) by of the relevant area of the plate by a smartphone; (2) analysis the data locally (use the same smartphone to do analysis), remotely (transfer data to a remote site for analysis) or both; and (3) display the data on the smartphone with or without an expert advice on the meaning of the data.
- the analysis comprises of an imaging processing methods, including, not limited to, the methods in Open-CV or Image-J.
- a label(s) is attached to a detection agent(s), an analyte(s) or an entity (ties).
- the label is an optical label, an electric label, enzymes that can be used to generate an optical or electrical signal, or any combination of thereof.
- a detection agent(s), an analyte(s) or an entity (ties) are attached a connection molecule (e.g. protein, nucleic acid, or other compounds) which later is attached to a label.
- an optical label is an object that can generate an optical signal, wherein the generation of the optical signal includes, but not limited to, light (i.e. photon's) reflection, scattering, transmission, absorption, spectrum, color, emission, intensity, wavelength, location, polarization, luminescence, fluorescence, electroluminescence, photoluminescence (fluorescence), chemoluminescence, electrochemiluminescence, or any combination of thereof.
- the optical signal is in the form of optical image (i.e. light signal vs location of the sample or device) or a lump sum of all photons coming from a given area or volume.
- a preferred wavelength of the light is in a range of 400 nm to 1 100 nm, a range of 50 nm to 400 nm, a range of 1 nm to 50 nm, or a range of 1 100 to 30,000 nm.
- Another preferred wavelength is in terahertz.
- the optical label is beads, nanoparticles, quantum dots, or any combination of thereof.
- the diameter of the bead, nanoparticles, or quantum dots is 1 nm or less, 2 nm or less, 5 nm or less, 10 nm or less, 20 nm or less, 30 nm or less, 40 nm or less, 50 nm or less, 60 nm or less, 70 nm or less, 80 nm or less, 100 nm or less, 120 nm or less, 200 nm or less, 300 nm or less, 500 nm or less, 800 nm or less, 1000 nm or less, 1500 nm or less, 2000 nm or less, 3000 nm or less, 5000 nm or less, or a range between any two of the values.
- the beads or quantum dots are used as labels and they are precoated on the plates of CROF and the inner spacing between the two plates are 1 um or less, 10 um or less, 50 um or less, or a range between any two of the values.
- the separation between the beads in a solution is a solution
- the thickness of the relevant volume of the transfer medium leads to the diffusion time of an optical label across the thickness, to be less than 1 ms,
- the dissolving time can controlled.
- the control can use photon, heat or other exications and their combinations.
- the dissolving will not start until an excitation energy is applied.
- the label are nanoparticles that has a diameter of 10 nm or larger.
- To reduce the diffusion time is to reduce the diffusion distance.
- the one or more open configurations comprise a configuration that the plates are far away from each other, so that the sample is deposited onto one plate of the pair without a hindrance of the other plate of the pair.
- the optical labels are beads or other nanoparticles that have a diameter large than a few nanometers. This is because that the diffusion constant of an object in a liquid is, for the first order approximation, inversely proportional to the diameter of the object (according to Einstein-Stokes equation).
- a bead optical label with a diameter of 20 nm, 200, and 2000 nm respectively has a diffusion constant and hence a diffusion time 10, 100, and 1000 times larger and longer than that for a bead of 2 nm.
- the present invention has solved the long incubation time for optical labels with a diameter larger than a few nanometers.
- the present invention has the optical label stored on a plate surface, and then places the storage surface next to binding site with a separate distance (between the two) in sub-millimeter, microns or even nanometer scale and fill the separation gap by a transfer medium (where the stored optical label dissolved into the transfer medium and diffuse to the binding site).
- the present invention also able to control such small distance uniformly over large binding site area and easily by using spacer technologies.
- Labeling the analyte may include using, for example, a labeling agent, such as an analyte specific binding member that includes a detectable label.
- Detectable labels include, but are not limited to, fluorescent labels, colorimetric labels, chemiluminescent labels, enzyme- linked reagents, multicolor reagents, avidin-streptavidin associated detection reagents, and the like.
- the detectable label is a fluorescent label.
- Fluorescent labels are labeling moieties that are detectable by a fluorescence detector. For example, binding of a fluorescent label to an analyte of interest may allow the analyte of interest to be detected by a fluorescence detector.
- fluorescent labels include, but are not limited to, fluorescent molecules that fluoresce upon contact with a reagent, fluorescent molecules that fluoresce when irradiated with electromagnetic radiation (e.g., UV, visible light, x-rays, etc.), and the like.
- electromagnetic radiation e.g., UV, visible light, x-rays, etc.
- suitable fluorescent molecules for labeling include, but are not limited to, IRDye800CW, Alexa 790, Dylight 800, fluorescein, fluorescein isothiocyanate, succinimidyl esters of carboxyfluorescein, succinimidyl esters of fluorescein, 5- isomer of fluorescein dichlorotriazine, caged carboxyfluorescein-alanine-carboxamide, Oregon Green 488, Oregon Green 514; Lucifer Yellow, acridine Orange, rhodamine, tetramethylrhodamine, Texas Red, propidium iodide, JC-1 (5,5',6,6'-tetrachloro-1 ,1 ',3,3'- tetraethylbenzimidazoylcarbocyanine iodide), tetrabromorhodamine 123, rhodamine 6G, TMRM (tetramethyl
- Suitable fluorescent proteins and chromogenic proteins include, but are not limited to, a green fluorescent protein (GFP), including, but not limited to, a GFP derived from Aequoria victoria or a derivative thereof, e.g., a "humanized” derivative such as Enhanced GFP; a GFP from another species such as Renilla reniformis, Renilla mulleri, or Ptilosarcus guernyi; "humanized” recombinant GFP (hrGFP); any of a variety of fluorescent and colored proteins from Anthozoan species; combinations thereof; and the like.
- GFP green fluorescent protein
- the labeling agent is configured to bind specifically to the analyte of interest.
- a labeling agent may be present in the CROF device before the sample is applied to the CROF device.
- the labeling agent may be applied to the CROF device after the sample is applied to the CROF device.
- the CROF device may be washed to remove any unbound components, e.g. un bound analyte and other non-analyte coponents in the sample, and the labeling agent may be applied to the CROF device after the washing to label the bound analyte.
- the CROF device may be washed after the labeling agent is bound to the analyte-capture agent complex to remove from the CROF device any excess labeling agent that is not bound to an analyte-capture agent complex.
- the analyte is labeled after the analyte is bound to the CROF device, e.g., using a labeled binding agent that can bind to the analyte simultaneously as the capture agent to which the analyte is bound in the CROF device, i.e., in a sandwich-type assay.
- a nucleic acid analyte may be captured on the CROF device, and a labeled nucleic acid that can hybridize to the analyte simultaneously as the capture agent to which the nucleic acid analyte is bound in the CROF device.
- a CROF device enhances the light signal, e.g., fluorescence or luminescence, that is produced by the detectable label bound directly or indirectly to an analyte, which is in turn bound to the CROF device.
- the signal is enhanced by a physical process of signal amplification.
- the light signal is enhanced by a nanoplasmonic effect (e.g., surface-enhanced Raman scattering). Examples of signal enhancement by nanoplasmonic effects is described, e.g., in Li et al, Optics Express 201 1 19: 3925-3936 and WO2012/024006, which are incorporated herein by reference.
- signal enhancement is achieved without the use of biological/chemical amplification of the signal.
- Biological/chemical amplification of the signal may include enzymatic amplification of the signal (e.g., used in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs)) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of the signal.
- ELISAs enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays
- PCR polymerase chain reaction
- the signal enhancement may be achieved by a physical process and biological/chemical amplification.
- the CROF device is configured to enhance the signal from a detectable label that is proximal to the surface of the CROF device by 10 3 fold or more, for example, 10 4 fold or more, 10 5 fold or more, 10 6 fold or more, 10 7 fold or more, including 10 8 fold or more, where the signal may be enhanced by a range of 10 3 to 10 9 fold, for example, 10 4 to 10 8 fold, or 10 5 to 10 7 fold, compared to a detectable label that is not proximal to the surface of the CROF device, i.e., compared to a detectable label bound to an analyte on a conventional ELISA plate, on a conventional nucleic acid microarray, suspended in solution, etc.
- the CROF device is configured to enhance the signal from a detectable label that is proximal to the surface of the CROF device by 10 3 fold or more, for example, 10 4 fold or more, 10 5 fold or more, 10 6 fold or more, 10 7 fold or more, including 10 8 fold or more, where the signal may be enhanced by a range of 10 3 to 10 9 fold, for example, 10 4 to 10 8 fold, or 10 5 to 10 7 fold, compared to an analyte detecting array that is not configured to enhance the signal using a physical amplification process, as described above.
- the CROF device is configured to have a detection sensitivity of 0.1 nM or less, such as 10 pM or less, or 1 pM or less, or 100 fM or less, such as 10 fM or less, including 1 fM or less, or 0.5 fM or less, or 100 aM or less, or 50 aM or less, or 20 aM or less.
- the CROF device is configured to have a detection sensitivity in the range of 10 aM to 0.1 nM, such as 20 aM to 10 pM, 50 aM to 1 pM, including 100 aM to 100 fM.
- the CROF device is configured to be able to detect analytes at a concentration of 1 ng/mL or less, such as 100 pg/mL or less, including 10 pg/mL or less, 1 pg/mL or less, 100 fg/mL or less, 10 fg/mL or less, or 5 fg/mL or less.
- the CROF device is configured to be able to detect analytes at a concentration in the range of 1 fg/mL to 1 ng/mL, such as 5 fg/mL to 100 pg/mL, including 10 fg/mL to 10 pg/mL.
- the CROF device is configured to have a dynamic range of 5 orders of magnitude or more, such as 6 orders of magnitude or more, including 7 orders of magnitude or more.
- the period of time from applying the sample to the CROF device to reading the CROF device may range from 1 second to 30 minutes, such as 10 seconds to 20 minutes, 30 seconds to 10 minutes, including 1 minute to 5 minutes.
- the period of time from applying the sample to the signal enhancing detector to generating an output that can be received by the device may be 1 hour or less, 30 minutes or less, 15 minutes or less, 10 minutes or less, 5 minutes or less, 3 minutes or less, 1 minute or less, 50 seconds or less, 40 seconds or less, 30 seconds or less, 20 seconds or less, 10 seconds or less, 5 seconds or less, 2 seconds or less, 1 second or less, or even shorter.
- the period of time from applying the sample to the signal enhancing detector to generating an output that can be received by the device may be 100 milliseconds or more, including 200 milliseconds or more, such as 500 milliseconds or more, 1 second or more, 10 seconds or more, 30 seconds or more, 1 minute or more, 5 minutes or more, or longer.
- reading the CROF device includes obtaining an electromagnetic signal from the detectable label bound to the analyte in the CROF device.
- the electromagnetic signal is a light signal.
- the light signal obtained may include the intensity of light, the wavelength of light, the location of the source of light, and the like.
- the light signal produced by the label has a wavelength that is in the range of 300 nm to 900 nm.
- the light signal is read in the form of a visual image of the CROF device.
- reading the CROF device includes providing a source of electromagnetic radiation, e.g., light source, as an excitation source for the detectable label bound to the biomarker in the CROF device.
- the light source may be any suitable light source to excite the detectable label.
- Exemplary light sources include, but are not limited to, sun light, ambient light, UV lamps, fluorescent lamps, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), photodiodes, incandescent lamps, halogen lamps, and the like.
- Reading the CROF device may be achieved by any suitable method to measure the amount of analyte that is present in the sample and bound to the CROF device.
- the CROF device is read with a device configured to acquire the light signal from the detectable label bound to the analyte in the CROF device.
- the device is a handheld device, such as a mobile phone or a smart phone. Any suitable handheld device configured to read the CROF device may be used in the devices, systems and methods in the present invention. Devices configured to read the CROF device are described in, e.g., U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 62/066,777, filed on October 21 , 2014, which is incorporated herein by reference.
- the device includes an optical recording apparatus that is configured to acquire a light signal from the CROF device, e.g., acquire an image of the CROF device.
- the optical recording apparatus is a camera, such as a digital camera.
- digital camera denotes any camera that includes as its main component an image-taking apparatus provided with an image-taking lens system for forming an optical image, an image sensor for converting the optical image into an electrical signal, and other components, examples of such cameras including digital still cameras, digital movie cameras, and Web cameras (i.e., cameras that are connected, either publicly or privately, to an apparatus connected to a network to permit exchange of images, including both those connected directly to a network and those connected to a network by way of an apparatus, such as a personal computer, having an information processing capability).
- reading the CROF device may include video imaging that may capture changes over time. For example, a video may be acquired to provide evaluation on dynamic changes in the sample applied to the CROF device.
- the optical recording apparatus has a sensitivity that is lower than the sensitivity of a high-sensitivity optical recording apparatus used in research/clinical laboratory settings. In certain cases, the optical recording apparatus used in the subject method has a sensitivity that is lower by 10 times or more, such as 100 times or more, including 200 times or more, 500 times or more, or 1 ,000 times or more than the sensitivity of a high- sensitivity optical recording apparatus used in research/clinical laboratory settings.
- the device may have a video display.
- Video displays may include components upon which a display page may be displayed in a manner perceptible to a user, such as, for example, a computer monitor, cathode ray tube, liquid crystal display, light emitting diode display, touchpad or touchscreen display, and/or other means known in the art for emitting a visually perceptible output.
- the device is equipped with a touch screen for displaying information, such as the image acquired from the detector and/or a report generated from the processed data, and allowing information to be entered by the subject.
- the system may be designed for performing a multiplex assay and, as such, may contain multiple storage sites, multiple binding sites, or multiple storage sites and multiple binding sites such that different assays can be performed on different areas on the surface of one of the plates.
- one of the plates may contain multiple binding site that each contain a different capture agent, thereby allowing the detection of multiple analytes in the sample in the same assay.
- the sites may be spatially separated from, although proximal to, one another.
- FIG. 10 schematically illustrates an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a multiplexed detection in a single CROF device using one binding site one plate and a plurality of storage sites on the other plate.
- Panel (a) and (b) is a perspective and a cross-sectional view of an exemplary device, respectively.
- the multiplexed CROF device comprises a first plate and a second plate, wherein one surface of the first plate has one binding site; wherein one surface of the second plate has a plurality of storage sites; and wherein different storage sites can have the same detection agent but of different concentrations or can have different detection agents of the same or different concentrations.
- the area of the binding site is larger that of each storage site.
- the binding site area is larger than the total area of all storage sites, and/or the binding site area is aligned with the storage sites (i.e. they are top each other, namely, the shortest distance between the binding site and a point on the storages are the same or nearly the same).
- FIG. 11 schematically illustrates a further exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a multiplexed detection in a single CROF device using one storage site on one plate and multiple binding sites on the other plate.
- Panel (a) and (b) is a perspective and a cross- sectional view of an exemplary device, respectively.
- the multiplexed CROF device comprises a first plate and a second plate, wherein one surface of the first plate has multiple binding sites; wherein one surface of the second plate has one storage site; and wherein different binding sites can have the same capture agent but of different concentrations or can have different capture agents of the same or different concentrations.
- the area of the storage site is larger that of each storage site.
- the storage site area is larger than the total area of all binding sites, and/or is aligned with the binding sites (i.e. they are top each other).
- FIG. 12 schematically illustrates a further exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a multiplexed detection in a single CROF device with multiple binding sites on one plate and multiple corresponding storage sites on another plate.
- Panel (a) and (b) is a perspective and a cross-sectional view of an exemplary device, respectively.
- a multiplexed CROF device comprises a first plate and a second plate, wherein one surface of the first plate has a plurality of binding sites; wherein one surface of the second plate has a plurality of corresponding storage sites; wherein each corresponding storage site is located in a location on the second plate that is corresponding to the location of a binding site on the first plate, so that when the plates are placed face-to-face, each binding site overlaps with only one storage site and each storage site overlaps with only one storage site; wherein different storage sites can have the same detection agent but of different concentrations or can have different detection agents of the same or different concentrations; and wherein different storage sites can have the same capture agent but of different concentrations or can have different capture agents of the same or different concentrations.
- the ratio of the neighbor distance to the sample thickness at the closed configuration is 1 .5 or larger, 3 or larger, 5 or larger, 10 or larger, 20 or larger, 30 or larger, 50 or larger, 100 or larger, 200 or larger, 1000 or larger, 10,000 or larger, or a range between any two of the values.
- the ratio is 3 or larger for a preferred embodiment, 5 or larger for another preferred embodiment, 10 or larger for a certain preferred embodiment, 30 or larger for another preferred embodiment, and 100 or larger for another preferred embodiment.
- first and second plate further comprise the binding site(s) and the storage site, as described in Fig. 10, Fig. 1 1 , or Fig. 12 for multiplexed detection.
- the device may for parallel, multiplex, assaying of a liquid sample without fluidic isolation (i.e., without their being a physical barrier between the assay regions).
- This device may comprise a first plate and a second plate, wherein: i. the plates are movable relative to each other into different configurations; one or both plates are flexible; ii. one or both of the plates comprise spacers that are fixed with a respective plate; and the spacers have a predetermined substantially uniform height and a predetermined constant inter-spacer distance; iii. each of the plates has, on its respective surface, a sample contact area for contacting a sample that contains a sample that contains one or more target analytes which is capable of diffusing in the sample, iii.
- the first plate has, on its surface, one or a plurality of binding sites that each has a predetermined area comprising a capture agent that binds and immobilizes a corresponding target analyte of the sample; and iv the second plate has, on its surface, one or a plurality of corresponding storage sites that each has a predetermined area and comprises a detection agent of a concentration that, upon contacting the sample, dissolves into the sample and diffuses in the sample, wherein each capture agent, target analyte and corresponding detection agent is capable of forming a capture agent-target analyte-detection agent sandwich in a binding site of the first plate; wherein one of the configurations is an open configuration, in which: the two plates are either partially or completely separated apart, the spacing between the plates is not regulated by the spacers, and the sample is deposited on one or both of the plates, and wherein another of the configurations is a closed configuration which is configured after the sample deposition in the open configuration; and in the closed configuration:
- the sample is compressed into a layer of uniform thickness that is in contact with and confined by the inner surfaces of the two plates and that covers the one or a plurality of binding sites and the one or a plurality of storage sites, ii the one or a plurality of corresponding storage sites are over the one or a plurality of binding sites, and iii.
- the uniform thickness of the layer is regulated by the spacers and the plates, is less than 250 urn, and is substantially less than the linear dimension of the predetermined area of each storage site; and iv.
- the first plate has, on its surface, a plurality of (at least 2, at least 4 or at least 16 or more) of the binding sites.
- each of said plurality of binding sites binds to a different target analyte.
- the second plate has, on its surface, a plurality (at least 2, at least 4 or at least 16 or more)of the corresponding storage sites.
- each of the plurality of corresponding storage sites binds to a different target analyte.
- the first plate has, on its surface, a plurality of said binding sites and the second plate has, on its surface, a plurality of said corresponding storage sites, wherein each binding site faces a corresponding storage site when the plates are in the closed configuration.
- the first plate has, on its surface, a plurality of said binding sites and the second plate has, on its surface, a storage site, wherein at least some of the binding sites face an area in the storage site when the plates are in the closed configuration.
- the first plate has, on its surface, a binding site and the second plate has, on its surface, a plurality of storage sites, wherein at least some of the storage sites face an area in the binding site when the plates are in the closed configuration.
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