AN OPTICAL DISK ADAPTID TO BE READ BY A CD-ROM OR DVD READER AND METHOD OF CONDUCTING AN OPTICAL INSPECTION OF A BIOLOGICAL, CHEMICAL OR BIOCHEMICAL SAMPLE EMPLOYING SAID DISK

摘要

An apparatus is described that includes an optical disk, adapted to be read by an optical reader, comprising a first sector having substantially self-contained assay means for localizing an analyte suspected of being in a sample to at least one, predetermined location in the first sector and a second sector containing control means for conducting the assay and analyte location information, with respect to one or more analytes suspected of being in a sample, accessible to the reader, wherein the presence or absence of the analyte at said location is determinable by the reader using the control means and the location information. Depending on the nature of the assay, the disk will include fluid storage means, fluid transfer means, such as one or more capillary ducts, valves, batteries, dialyzers, columns, filters, sources of electric fields, wires or other electrical conductive means such as metallic surface deposits and the like.;Opisan je optiki disk (10), prilagoen za oitavanje preko CD-ROM ili DVD optikog itaa i postupak izvrenja optikog pregleda biolokog, hemijskog ili biohemijskog uzorka primenom ovog diska (10), a koji obuhvata: prvi sektor (11) koji u osnovi samo na sebi sadri sredstvo za probe za lokalizaciju analita koji se oekuju da postoji u uzorku na najmanje jednoj, prethodno odreenoj lokaciji na prvom sektoru (11); i drugi sektor (12) koji sadri upravljaka sredstva za voenje proba i informacije o lokacijama analita, u odnosu na jedan ili vie analita za koje se oekuje da budu u uzorku, koji su dostupni itau, pri emu je prisustvo ili otsustvo analita na pomenutoj lokaciji mogue odrediti itaem koji koristi upravljaka sredstva i inforrmacije o lokacijama. U zavisnosti od prirode proba, disk (10) e obuhvatati sredstva za skladitenje fluida, sredstva za prenoenje fluida, takva kao to su jedan ili vie kapilarnih vodova, ventile, baterije, dijalizere, kolone, filtere, izvore elektrinog polja, provodnike ili druga elektrina provodna sredstva takva kao metalni nanosi na povrine i slino.[An apparatus is described that includes an optical disk, adapted to be read by an optical reader, comprising a first sector having substantially self-contained assay means for localizing an analyte suspected of being in a sample to at least one, predetermined location in the first sector and a second sector containing control means for conducting the assay and analyte location information, with respect to one or more analytes suspected of being in a sample, accessible to the reader, wherein the presence or absence of the analyte at said location is determinable by the reader using the control means and the location information. Depending on the nature of the assay, the disk will include fluid storage means, fluid transfer means, such as one or more capillary ducts, valves, batteries, dialyzers, columns, filters, sources of electric fields, wires or other electrical conductive means such as metallic surface deposits and the like.