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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anne R. Kopf-Sill, Portola Valley, CA (US);
John Wallace Parce, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Caliper Technologies Corp., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B81B 1/00 ; B01F 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B81B 1/00 ; B01F 5/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention is generally directed to improved microfluidic devices, systems and methods of using same, which incorporate channel profiles that impart significant benefits over previously described systems. In particular, the presently described devices and systems employ channels having, at least in part, depths that are varied over those which have been previously described. These varied channel depths provide numerous beneficial and unexpected results.