Patent ID: 6335625
Filing Date: 2002-01-01
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
A system for detecting the presence of a macromolecule having one or more resonant frequencies in the electromagnetic spectrum, comprising:a pulse generator capable of generating RF waves having a frequency in the range of 1Ã—1012 Hz to about 3Ã—1016 Hz for generating a detection profile having a detection set of incident RF waves and applying said detection profile to a sample including the macromolecule, at least one incident RF wave having a center frequency substantially centered on one of the resonant frequencies of the macromolecule; a detector for receiving the detection profile after said application of said detection profile to said sample; an analyzer, coupled to said detector, for determining an incident RF wave absorption profile by identifying which incident waves of said set of incident waves have been wholly or partially absorbed by the sample and to subsequently identify the macromolecule by use of the absorption profile.