US 7,473,533 B2
Membrane arrays and methods of manufacture
Alain R. E. Carre, Le Chatelet-En-Brie (France); Alexander M. Efremov, St. Petersburg (Russian Federation); Ye Fang, Painted Post, N.Y. (US); Yulong Hong, Painted Post, N.Y. (US); Valerie Lacarriere, Larchant (France); Joydeep Lahiri, Painted Post, N.Y. (US); Fang Lai, Painted Post, N.Y. (US); John C. Mauro, Painted Post, N.Y. (US); Srikanth Raghavan, Ithaca, N.Y. (US); and Brian L. Webb, Painted Post, N.Y. (US)
Assigned to Corning Incorporated, Corning, N.Y. (US)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2004, as Appl. No. 11/26,371.
Prior Publication US 2006/0147993 A1, Jul. 06, 2006
Int. Cl. G01N 17/04 (2006.01); G01N 33/566 (2006.01); C12Q 1/00 (2006.01); C07K 14/705 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 435—7.2  [205/777.5; 216/2] 11 Claims
 
1. A membrane array comprising:
a porous substrate comprising a non-porous base region and a porous region adjacent to the non-porous base region and
a plurality of membranes adhered to the substrate upper surface of the porous region; each membrane comprising a transmembrane protein, the transmembrane protein being accessible to assay agents on both sides of the membrane.