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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2003
Applicants:
Scott Manalis, Cambridge, MA (US);
Thomas Burg, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Scott Manalis, Cambridge, MA (US);
Thomas Burg, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C12M 1/36 (2006.01); G01N 15/06 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for detecting an analyte in solution that has a suspended beam containing at least one microfluidic channel containing a capture ligand that bonds to or reacts with an analyte. The apparatus also includes at least one detector for measuring a change in the beam upon binding or reaction of the analyte. A method of making the suspended microfluidic channels is disclosed, as well as, a method of integrating the microfluidic device with conventional microfluidics having larger sample fluid channels.