Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods and processes that may be used to increase the signal of a target-specific reporter molecule (such as a probe) by covalently attaching plural copies of a fluorophore to a target-reporter duplex that are excited by iFRET (induced fluorescence resonance energy transfer) from donor fluorescence of a double-stranded DNA-binding dye bound to the double-stranded DNA structure created by hybridization of reporter and target during an amplification reaction. In one illustrative example, a double-stranded DNA-binding dye is provided in solution and during amplification and/or after completion of amplification, the dye binds to the probe-target duplex, and provides fluorescence resonance energy transfer to multiple acceptor fluorophores that are covalently attached to the duplex.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 23, 2022
Publication date:
September 7, 2023
Applicant:
Co-Diagnostics, Inc.
Inventors:
Luming ZHOU, Carl T. WITTWER, Noriko KUSUKAWA
Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods for conducting amplification-based analyses, including PCR testing. In one illustrative embodiment, a system may include a testing container assembly and a testing unit. The testing container assembly may include a sample collection port, a sample preparation chamber, and a reaction chamber. The sample collection port may include a bottom opening sealed by a plug member. In use, the testing container assembly may be placed in a seat of the testing unit with a sample in the sample collection port, closed by a lid. A plunger may dislodge the plug member and the sample drawn into the sample preparation chamber. Once sample preparation is complete, a channel may be opened, and the prepared sample flows into the reaction chamber which is then sealed. Testing including amplification reactions, may then be performed, followed by detection, as by detecting fluorescent emissions in the reaction chamber.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 3, 2022
Publication date:
November 3, 2022
Applicant:
Co-Diagnostics, Inc.
Inventors:
Richard David Abbott, Connor Jones, James Brenton Mangum, David Nielsen, Mark Aaron Poritz, Kirk M. Ririe, Christopher M. Thurston, Derek David, Craig Sandstrom
Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of nucleic acid amplification, including methods of preventing non-specific reaction of a nucleotide sequence with a DNA modifying enzyme.