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The system developed by INO is a protein microarray reader which can read slides onto which antibodies are immobilized. This system is a compact and low cost biosensor, based on LED illumination and able to identify and quantify multiple microbial pathogens simultaneously.
Protein microarray reader offers important advantages for diagnostic purposes in many industries such as:
The biosensor platform developed by INO meets the main requirements of the diagnostic market and its main competitive advantages are:
The protein microarray reader has been developed up to the prototype level. The validation tests have been conducted with one of the dominant pathogens in the food industry, salmonella. Validation tests have demonstrated that INO’s biosensor platform is appropriate for the detection of salmonella bacteria in pure culture, mixed with other bacteria and in complex food samples.
The development conducted up to now by INO opens the way for moving microarray technology from research laboratory to routine day-to-day diagnostic applications.
INO is looking for a manufacturer, already involved in the industrial microbiology sector, which would like the opportunity to invest in this technology and help to bring the biosensor platform to the level of a commercial instrument.
Micro-array analysis system and method thereof WO/2008/092226 A1