US Patent:
20100009344, Jan 14, 2010
Inventors:
Barbara A. Israel - Mount Horeb WI, US
Nicholas Abbott - Madison WI, US
Christopher Murphy - Madison WI, US
Karla Hollister - DeForest WI, US
Syrus Soltaninassab - Madison WI, US
Doug Hansmann - Madison WI, US
Bharat Raj Acharya - Madison WI, US
Assignee:
PLATYPUS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC - Madison WI
International Classification:
C12Q 1/70
G01N 33/92
C12Q 1/02
C12Q 1/00
US Classification:
435 5, 436 71, 435 29, 435 4
Abstract:
The present invention relates to the field of detection of viruses, and in particular to detection of viruses using a liquid crystal assay format. In the present invention, virus binding in a detection region is identified by changes in liquid crystal orientation caused by virus binding independent orientation caused by any topography associated with the detection region.