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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2023
Applicants:
Nicoya Lifesciences Inc., Kitchener, CA;
Advanced Instrument Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/42 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/552 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/4292 (2013.01); B01L 3/502715 (2013.01); G01N 21/554 (2013.01); B01L 2200/025 (2013.01); B01L 2200/04 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0654 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0864 (2013.01); G01N 2201/0833 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to microfluidics systems, instruments, and cartridges including self-aligning optical fiber systems and methods of use thereof. More specifically, the disclosure describes a microfluidics instrument including an optical detection system, microfluidics cartridge, and a self-aligning optical fiber system capable of coupling the microfluidics instrument and the microfluidics cartridge. Further, the disclosure provides methods of optical detection operations using a microfluidics system.