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Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 31, 2018
Applicant:

Life Technologies Corporation, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Inventors:

Tanya S. Kanigan, Charlotte, VT (US);

Steve Smith, Arlington, VA (US);

John Linton, Concord, MA (US);

Robert Hess, Walnut Creek, CA (US);

Karl Yoder, Stoneham, MA (US);

Colin J. H. Brenan, Marblehead, MA (US);

Assignee:

Life Technologies Corporation, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B01L 3/02 (2006.01); B33Y 70/00 (2020.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/5085 (2013.01); B01L 3/0244 (2013.01); B01L 3/5025 (2013.01); B01L 3/50857 (2013.01); B01L 3/563 (2013.01); B01L 3/0241 (2013.01); B01L 2200/021 (2013.01); B01L 2200/027 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0605 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0636 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0642 (2013.01); B01L 2200/16 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0816 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0829 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0864 (2013.01); B01L 2300/12 (2013.01); B01L 2300/161 (2013.01); B33Y 70/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); Y10T 137/0318 (2015.04); Y10T 137/1624 (2015.04); Y10T 137/206 (2015.04); Y10T 436/2525 (2015.01);
Abstract

An interface is provided for storing microfluidic samples in a nanoliter sample chip. A fluid access structure provides a fluid access region to a selected subset of sample wells from an array of sample wells. A fluid introduction mechanism introduces a sample fluid to the fluid access region so that the sample wells in the selected subset are populated with the sample fluid without the unselected sample wells being populated with the sample fluid.


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