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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2018
Applicant:
Bio-rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA (US);
Inventors:
Darren Roy Link, Lexington, MA (US);
Michael Weiner, Guilford, CT (US);
David Marran, Durham, CT (US);
Jonathan M. Rothberg, Guilford, CT (US);
Assignee:
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6806 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6844 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6874 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6837 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6869 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6855 (2018.01); B01F 3/08 (2006.01); C12N 15/10 (2006.01); B01F 13/00 (2006.01); B01J 19/00 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B03C 5/00 (2006.01); B03C 5/02 (2006.01); C12Q 1/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/05 (2006.01); G01N 35/08 (2006.01); G01N 27/327 (2006.01); B01L 7/00 (2006.01); B01L 9/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01F 3/0807 (2013.01); B01F 13/0062 (2013.01); B01J 19/0093 (2013.01); B01L 3/502784 (2013.01); B01L 3/565 (2013.01); B03C 5/005 (2013.01); B03C 5/026 (2013.01); C12N 15/1068 (2013.01); C12N 15/1086 (2013.01); C12Q 1/00 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6806 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6837 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6844 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6855 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6869 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6874 (2013.01); G01N 21/05 (2013.01); G01N 27/3275 (2013.01); G01N 35/08 (2013.01); B01L 3/502715 (2013.01); B01L 3/502746 (2013.01); B01L 7/525 (2013.01); B01L 9/527 (2013.01); B01L 2200/027 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0636 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0647 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0673 (2013.01); B01L 2200/10 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0636 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0816 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0861 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0864 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0867 (2013.01); B01L 2300/165 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0415 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0424 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0487 (2013.01); B01L 2400/086 (2013.01); C12Q 2565/628 (2013.01); C12Q 2565/629 (2013.01); G01N 2021/0346 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00237 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00326 (2013.01); G01N 2201/024 (2013.01); Y10T 137/87571 (2015.04); Y10T 137/87619 (2015.04); Y10T 137/87652 (2015.04);
Abstract
The present invention provides novel microfluidic substrates and methods that are useful for performing biological, chemical and diagnostic assays. The substrates can include a plurality of electrically addressable, channel bearing fluidic modules integrally arranged such that a continuous channel is provided for flow of immiscible fluids.