Patent ID: 11913941
Assignee: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B  C | IPC B  C  G

Claim 12:
13. A system, comprising:
a plurality of microbeads, each microbead of the plurality of microbeads comprising a surface comprising a plurality of capture molecules, where each of the capture molecules specifically binds to one or more of a plurality of target molecules;
a first microfluidic chip comprising a membrane, the membrane comprising a first side, a second side, and a pore, the pore comprising a first opening on the first side of the membrane and a second opening on the second side of the membrane, the pore further comprising a capture volume, the microfluidic chip further comprising an element configured to release a target molecule from the capture molecule;
wherein the first microfluidic chip is configured to trap the plurality of microbeads within the capture volume of the pore using optical trapping or fluid flow and configured to signal when the plurality of target molecules pass through the pore.