Centrifugally-enhanced capture method and device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9442108-B2
Application number	US-201214342198-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 27, 2012
Priority date	Aug 30, 2011
Publication date	Sep 13, 2016
Grant date	Sep 13, 2016

Abstract

In a centrifugal microfluidic device for conducting capture assays, a microfluidic platform rotates in a plane of rotation and has at least one capture surface for immobilizing a target particle of interest in the device. The capture surface oriented so that it is not parallel to the plane of rotation of the device and is positionally fixed in the device during operation of the device. The centrifugal force arising from rotation of the device forces the target particles against the capture surface. Capture efficiency is independent of the rate of flow of the fluid and independent of the rate of rotation of the microfluidic platform.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A centrifugal microfluidic device for conducting capture assays, the device comprising:
a microfluidic platform having an axis of rotation about which it rotates, the axis being perpendicular to a plane of rotation;
a sample reservoir and a capture chip defined on the platform;
a capture chamber on the capture chip for receiving fluid from the sample reservoir via an inlet; and
at least one capture surface for immobilizing a target particle of interest in the device, the at least one capture surface being at least one internal wall of the capture chamber,
wherein:
the at least one capture surface is positionally fixed in the device during operation of the device in an orientation that is not parallel to the plane of rotation of the device;
the at least one capture surface and inlet are arranged so fluid entering into the capture chamber is forced to flow in a direction orthogonal to the plane of rotation; and
centrifugal force arising from rotation of the device forces the target particles against the at least one capture surface.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one capture surface and the plane of rotation form an angle in a range of from 30° to 240°.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one capture surface and the plane of rotation form an angle in a range of from 60° to 210°.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one capture surface is orthogonal to the plane of rotation.

5. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one capture surface is oriented parallel to a circumferential direction of the rotating platform.

6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one capture surface is orthogonal to the plane of rotation and has a length (L) that is equal to or longer than a capture length (L capture ) given by:

L
capture

=

9
⁢

⁢
η
⁢

⁢
h

4
⁢

⁢

r
B
2

⁢

S

ch
⁢

⁢
ip

·

R
c
2

-

R
0
2

R
c

⁢

R
hyd

·

ρ

ρ
b

-
ρ

Eq
.

⁢

(
1
)

wherein η is dynamic viscosity of the fluid flowing in the capture chamber, h is thickness of the capture chip, r B is radius of the target particle, ρ b is the density of the target particle, ρ is the density of the fluid, S chip is the cross-sectional area of the capture chip, R 0 is a distance from center of the sample reservoir to the axis of rotation, R c is a distance from the at least one capture surface to the axis of rotation and R hyd is hydrodynamic resistance in the microfluidic device between the sample reservoir and the capture chip.

7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the target particle comprises a pathogen.

8. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one capture surface is functionalized with capture moieties that interact with the target particle.

9. The device according to claim 8 , wherein the capture moieties are biomolecules, biophages, antibodies, aptamers or mixtures thereof.

10. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one capture surface is structured with micro- and/or nano-structured features.

11. A method of capturing a target particle of interest for an assay in a centrifugal microfluidic device, the method comprising:
introducing a fluid containing the target particle into a sample reservoir of a rotatable microfluidic platform of the microfluidic device;
rotating the microfluidic platform in a plane of rotation to generate centrifugal force in the device; and,
using the centrifugal force to direct flow of the fluid from the sample reservoir to a capture chamber via an inlet, the capture chamber having at least one capture surface being at least one internal wall of the capture chamber,
where the at least one capture surface and inlet are arranged so fluid entering into the capture chamber is forced to flow in a direction orthogonal to the plane of rotation such that the fluid strikes the at least one capture surface and thereby pushes the target particle against the at least one capture surface to increase a probability of the target particle interacting with the at least one capture surface, and
capture efficiency of the at least one capture surface for the target particle is independent of rate of flow of the fluid and independent of rate of rotation of the microfluidic platform.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the at least one capture surface is oriented out of the plane of rotation thereby forming a non-zero angle between the at least one capture surface and direction of the centrifugal force.

13. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the at least one capture surface is oriented orthogonally to the plane of rotation thereby forming a perpendicular angle between the at least one captur

Assignees

• Clime Liviu
• Hoa Xuyen Dai
• Veres Teodor
• Normandin Francois
• Nat Res Council Canada

Inventors

• Clime Liviu
• Hoa Xuyen Dai
• Veres Teodor
• Normandin Francois

Classifications

• B01L2400/0409

  centrifugal forces · CPC title

• B01L2300/0858

  Side walls · CPC title

• B01L2300/0636

  Integrated biosensor, microarrays · CPC title

• B01L3/502761

  specially adapted for handling suspended solids or molecules independently from the bulk fluid flow, e.g. for trapping or sorting beads or physically stretching molecules · CPC title

• G01N33/54306 Primary

  Solid-phase reaction mechanisms · CPC title