Patent ID: 6013513
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: B01J,B01L,G01N

Abstract:
A molecular detection apparatus comprising:a sample-receiving inlet;a plurality of outlets;a plurality of conduits interconnected in a tree topology to couple the inlet with the plurality of outlets, the plurality of conduits providing a plurality of branches of the tree topology, wherein the plurality of conduits includes a first conduit and a second conduit, the first conduit having a first portion oriented along a first radial axis, the second conduit having a second portion oriented along a second radial axis transverse to the first radial axis, wherein the inlet is located at a root vertex of the tree topology, wherein each of the plurality of outlets is located at a corresponding leaf vertex of the tree topology, and wherein the tree topology has a height of at least two;a plurality of molecular detection chambers, each of the plurality of molecular detection chambers coupled to a respective one of the plurality of outlets;a plurality of radially-oriented conduits; anda plurality of chambers, each of the plurality of chambers coupled to a respective one of the plurality of molecular detection chambers by a respective one of the plurality of radially-oriented conduits, wherein each of the plurality of chambers is more distant from the inlet than its respective one of the plurality of molecular detection chambers.