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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2000
Filed:
May. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Khushroo Gandhi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Robert S Dubrow, San Carlos, CA (US);
Luc J Bousse, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Caliper Technologies Corp., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156292 ; 1563082 ; 1563096 ;
Abstract
The present invention generally provides improved methods of fabricating polymeric microfluidic devices that incorporate microscale fluidic structures, whereby the fabrication process does not substantially distort or deform such structures. The methods of the invention generally provide enhanced bonding processes for mating and bonding substrate layers to define the microscale channel networks therebetween.
Published as:
CA2329623A1; WO9956954A1; AU3783299A; US6123798A; WO9956954A8; EP1115573A1; US6555067B1; US2003150555A1; US7138032B2; EP1115573A4; EP1750122A2; US2008223499A1; US2009181228A1; EP1115573B1; ATE437752T1; EP2092989A1; DE69941194D1; EP2092989B1;