Patent ID: 11958048
Assignee: NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A plasmon resonance (PR) system, comprising:
a cartridge wherein the cartridge comprises;
a digital microfluidics (DMF) portion comprising at least one electrode to perform fluid operations on a fluid in the DMF portion;
an analog fluid portion comprising at least one fluid channel, wherein the at least one fluid channel is fluidly coupled with the DMF portion for receipt of a fluid from the DMF portion to provide a continuous flow of the fluid in the at least one fluid channel; and
a sensor located in the at least one fluid channel, wherein the analog fluid portion is configured to flow the fluid provided in the at least one fluid channel into contact with the sensor for real-time measurement of the fluid by the sensor;

a PR instrument with which the cartridge is engageable, the PR instrument comprising:
a controller in operative communication with at least one electrical contact for control of the at least one electrode;
an optical detection system operative to measure an optical signal of the sensor; and
a flow mechanism in fluid communication with the at least one fluid channel of the cartridge to induce the continuous fluid flow through the at least one fluid channel to contact the sensor.