Lux Bio Group, Inc. · Camas, Washington
A pore, a channel, and a single molecule passing through.
Lux Bio Group, Inc. developed a nanochannel device for separating, purifying and sensing molecules — a support material with a channel through it, electrodes on the channel wall, and a lipid bilayer holding one protein nanopore.
What it was
Molecular work, done in a channel
The patent describes a device, not a product. Molecules are driven along a nanochannel; a nanomembrane inside the channel carries a nanopore; a lipid bilayer spans that pore with a single protein nanopore inserted into it, sized so that only one pore fits.
That geometry is the whole idea: confine the read to one molecule at a time.
The record, in short
- EntityLux Bio Group, Inc.
- IncorporatedWashington, 2010
- BasedCamas, Washington
- PatentUS 10,422,000 B2
- Priority2 April 2012
Three capabilities
Separate, purify, sense
Molecular separation
Sorting molecules by size and charge at the nanoscale, in a channel rather than a column.
Purification
Concentrating a target molecule out of a mixed sample.
Sensing
Detecting molecules as they pass a single protein nanopore, read electrically.
How it reads
Three stages, one channel
Separate
Molecules are driven along the nanochannel, where size and charge decide how they move.
Purify
The pore geometry concentrates what passes and holds back what should not.
Sense
The electrodes read the pore, and the protein pore gives the device its single-molecule resolution.
Contact
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