Patent ID: 9493815
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: B01J,B01L,C12Q,G01N

Claim Text:
1. A microarray assembly for detection of a target molecule in a sample, comprising: an array chamber with a sample inlet, a sample outlet, a top interior surface, a bottom interior surface, side walls and a microarray located on the bottom interior surface, wherein the array chamber is designed to allow amplification of nucleic acids in the array chamber and hybridization of amplified nucleic acid to the microarray and wherein the top interior surface is a hydrophilic surface that facilitates complete filling of the array chamber by an aqueous fluid; a waste chamber comprising a waste inlet and an absorbent material; and a channel having an expansion section with a first end proximate to the outlet of the array chamber and a second end proximate to the inlet of the waste chamber, wherein the expansion section of the channel has a reversed funnel shape from the first end to the second end, wherein the cross-sectional area of the channel increase continuously in a stepwise manner from the first end of the expansion section to the second end of the expansion section.