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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2003
John Linton, Lincoln, MA (US);
Karl Yoder, Stoneham, MA (US);
Robert Hess, Arlington, MA (US);
Leila Hasan, Boston, MA (US);
Robert Ellis, Burlington, MA (US);
Tanya S. Kanigan, Cambridge, MA (US);
Kristine Friesen, Cambridge, MA (US);
Arrin Katz, Somerville, MA (US);
Colin Brenan, Marblehead, MA (US);
Tom Morrison, Winchester, MA (US);
Javier Garcia, Lexington, MA (US);
John Linton, Lincoln, MA (US);
Karl Yoder, Stoneham, MA (US);
Robert Hess, Arlington, MA (US);
Leila Hasan, Boston, MA (US);
Robert Ellis, Burlington, MA (US);
Tanya S. Kanigan, Cambridge, MA (US);
Kristine Friesen, Cambridge, MA (US);
Arrin Katz, Somerville, MA (US);
Colin Brenan, Marblehead, MA (US);
Tom Morrison, Winchester, MA (US);
Javier Garcia, Lexington, MA (US);
BioTrove, Inc., Woburn, MA (US);
Abstract
A system for holding at least one of sample and reagent for analysis. The system includes a pair of parallel covers, at least one of which is light transmissive, of which pair a light transmissive cover forms a top, and of which pair the other forms a bottom. A frame is disposed between the covers to define, in relation to the covers, an interior volume. The frame and the covers are associated with one another to form a case, the case being substantially tight to liquids. A microfluidic array is disposed in the interior volume. The array includes a sheet of material having a pair of opposed surfaces, a thickness, and a plurality of through-holes running through the thickness between the surfaces, the through-holes containing at least one of sample and reagent.