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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2005
Konrad Faulstich, Fremont, CA (US);
Aldrich N. K. Lau, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Debjyoti Banerjee, College Station, TX (US);
Umberto Ulmanella, Foster City, CA (US);
Jun Xie, Pasadena, CA (US);
Konrad Faulstich, Fremont, CA (US);
Aldrich N. K. Lau, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Debjyoti Banerjee, College Station, TX (US);
Umberto Ulmanella, Foster City, CA (US);
Jun Xie, Pasadena, CA (US);
Applied Biosystems, LLC, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
A fluid processing device is provided that includes a substrate, a plurality of fluid retainment regions formed in or on the substrate, and a barrier at least partially separating two or more of the fluid retainment regions. The barrier includes a mixture of a sequestering material and a reaction component. The reaction component can be at least one of a reactant, a reagent, a catalyst, an initiator, a promoter, a cofactor, an enzyme, a salt, or a combination thereof. The sequestering material can be a porous material, a dissolvable material, or both.