Abstract: The present invention discloses an electrophoretic chip comprising: (a) a non-conductive substrate designed to support elements of said electrophoretic chip; (b) an electrode structure for conducting current through said electrophoretic chip, printed on said non-conductive substrate and comprising a counter electrode and at least one working electrode, each electrode comprising a conductive low-resistance ink layer printed on the non-conductive substrate, and a carbon ink layer printed on top of and fully or partially covering said conductive low-resistance ink layer; (c) a dielectric ink insulator layer placed on top of, and covering, said electrode structure, said dielectric ink insulator layer having at least one opening above the counter electrode and at least one opening above said at least one working electrode, thereby forming at least one addressable location; and (d) a molecule capturing matrix spotted on and covering said at least one addressable location, thereby creating at least one microgel regi

Abstract: A cartridge for use in in-vitro diagnostics, the cartridge including a cartridge housing, a cartridge element, disposed within the cartridge housing and defining a plurality of operational volumes, at least some of the plurality of operational volumes being mutually linearly aligned, a fluid solution transporter operative to transfer fluid solutions from at least one of the plurality of operational volumes to at least another of the plurality of operational volumes, the fluid solution transporter including a linearly displaceable transport element operative to sequentially communicate with interiors of the at least some of the plurality of operational volumes and a venter, including a linearly displaceable venting element, operative in coordination with the fluid solution transporter to vent at least one of the plurality of operational volumes.

Abstract: A room-temperature shelf-storable electrophoretic array for use in a method of rapidly detecting the presence of at least one nucleic acid target molecule, from among a multiplicity of pre-selected nucleic acid target molecules, in a solution, the electrophoretic array including a multiplicity of immobilized, mutually spaced and mutually electrically separated microgel deposits, each of the multiplicity of immobilized mutually spaced and mutually electrically separated microgel deposits containing materials suitable for performing rolling circle amplification and binding of at least one of the multiplicity of pre-selected nucleic acid target molecules, each of the microgel deposits containing at least the following elements pre-anchored therein: an RCA probe specific to of at least one of the multiplicity of pre-selected nucleic acid target molecules and at least one primer.

Abstract: A cartridge for use in in-vitro diagnostics, the cartridge including a cartridge housing defining a plurality of operational volumes, at least some of the plurality of operational volumes being mutually linearly aligned and a fluid solution transporter operative to transfer fluid solutions from at least one of the plurality of operational volumes to at least another of the plurality of operational volumes, the fluid solution transporter including a linearly displaceable transport element operative to sequentially communicate with interiors of the at least some of the plurality of operational volumes.