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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2020
Illumina, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Aathavan Karunakaran, Berkeley, CA (US);
Arnaud Rival, Saint Nazaire les Eymes, FR;
Ali Agah, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Fabien Abeille, Grenoble, FR;
Steven Barnard, Del Mar, CA (US);
Craig Ciesla, Mountain View, CA (US);
Murali Venkatesan, San Bruno, CA (US);
Pargol Gheissari, San Diego, CA (US);
Jennifer Wang, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dietrich Dehlinger, San Francisco, CA (US);
ILLUMINA, INC., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for reducing sequencing by synthesis cycle time using a microfluidic device is provided. The microfluidic device comprises a flow cell having an inlet port, an outlet port, and a flow channel extending between the inlet port and the outlet port, wherein the flow channel receives an analyte of interest and one or more reagents for analyzing and detecting molecules. To aid in the acceleration of the reactions, the microfluidic device comprises a mixing device to increase the rates of diffusion of the reagents from the fluid bulk to an active surface of the flow cell. The mixing device comprises at least one of an electrothermal mixing device, an active mechanical mixing device, and a vibrational mixing device.