Patent ID: 7887752
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: B01J,B82Y,C40B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A chemical reaction monitoring system for parallel monitoring of a plurality of chemical reactions, said system comprising: a plurality of wells, each well of said plurality of wells comprising a reagent for a chemical reaction; a lighting device for illuminating the plurality of wells; a camera device configured to obtain an image of the plurality of wells an analyzer program for determining a specific value corresponding to the extent of chemical reaction within each well at the time the image was obtained; an analyzer program for determining whether a difference between a value expected if the chemical reaction is successful and said specific value indicates failure of the chemical reaction within a well; and a dispensing device configured to discontinue reagent delivery to one or more wells where failure is indicated while maintaining reagent delivery to wells where failure is not indicated, wherein said analyzer program includes an instruction to resume reagent delivery to said one or more wells if one or more criteria are met.