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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2004
Applicants:
Thomas M. Baer, Mountain View, CA (US);
Thomas L. Smith, Campbell, CA (US);
Robert H. Reamey, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Thomas M. Baer, Mountain View, CA (US);
Thomas L. Smith, Campbell, CA (US);
Robert H. Reamey, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Arcturas Bioscience, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device and method for the temperature control, concentration, volume measurement and transport of microfluidic volumes are provided. The device includes one or more heating elements having a resistive material that varies with temperature. The heating elements are formed into a laminar body that may be formed into a variety of geometries and/or easily married to a second body including micro-well plates, micro-centrifuge tubes and microfluidic circuits.