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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2008
Elena Daniela Lavric, Avon, FR;
Pierre Woehl, Cesson, FR;
Elena Daniela Lavric, Avon, FR;
Pierre Woehl, Cesson, FR;
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A microfluidic device [] includes at least one reactant passage [] and one or more thermal control passages defined therein, the one or more thermal control passages being positioned and arranged within two volumes [] each bordered by a wall [], the walls being generally planar and parallel to one another, the reactant passage positioned between said generally planar walls and defined by said generally planar walls and walls [] extending between said generally planar walls, wherein the reactant passage comprises multiple successive chambers [], each such chamber including a split of the reactant passage into at least two sub-passages [], and a joining [] of the split passages, and a change of passage direction, of at least one of the sub-passages, of at least 90 degrees.