System and method for electrophoretic separation and analysis of analyte

摘要

A single self-contained system is used to analyze the presence of various types of analytes.A system for analyzing biological samples with respect to the presence of a target specimen includes an analysis device and a computer controller.The analysis device includes a housing, a receptacle in the housing, and a source of activation energy.The receptacle accepts the electrophoresis cell.The electrophoresis cell has a concave area to receive a chip that accepts biological samples.The chip includes a polymer separation medium having an activatable functional group covalently attached to the target specimen upon activation.A source of activation energy is configured to provide activation energy to activate an activatable functional group.The computer controller is operatively coupled to the source of activation energy to activate the source of activation energy, direct the application of activation energy to the polymer separation medium, and activate the activated functional group.Diagram