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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
May. 04, 2016
Applicant:
Illumina, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Allen E Eckhardt, San Diego, CA (US);
Rigo Pantoja, San Diego, CA (US);
Sean M Ramirez, San Diego, CA (US);
Petr Capek, San Diego, CA (US);
Edwin Li, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
ILLUMINA, INC., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 9/04 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B32B 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/502784 (2013.01); B01L 3/502707 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0673 (2013.01); B01L 2200/141 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0645 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0816 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0887 (2013.01); B01L 2300/16 (2013.01); B01L 2300/161 (2013.01); B01L 2300/163 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0427 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of present application are directed to microfluidic devices and particularly digital micro-plastic fluidic devices that are specifically designed to prevent sample contamination during sample processing, methods of manufacturing the same, and methods to improve sample analysis process by preventing sample contamination.