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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2003
Applicants:
Khushroo Gandhi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Robert S. Dubrow, San Carlos, CA (US);
Luc J. Bousse, Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Khushroo Gandhi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Robert S. Dubrow, San Carlos, CA (US);
Luc J. Bousse, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Caliper Life Sciences, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 37/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
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.