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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2009
Emerson Chueng Quan, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Colin Jon Taylor, Burlingame, CA (US);
Michael Lee, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Christopher G. Cesar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Greg Harris, Longmont, CO (US);
Gang Sun, Cupertino, CA (US);
Emerson Chueng Quan, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Colin Jon Taylor, Burlingame, CA (US);
Michael Lee, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Christopher G. Cesar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Greg Harris, Longmont, CO (US);
Gang Sun, Cupertino, CA (US);
Fluidigm Corporation, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A biological substrate, e.g., microfluidic chip. The substrate includes a rigid substrate material, which has a surface region capable of acting as a handle substrate. The substrate also has a deformable fluid layer coupled to the surface region. One or more well regions are formed in a first portion of the deformable fluid layer and are capable of holding a fluid therein. The one or more channel regions are formed in a second portion of the deformable fluid layer and are coupled to one or more of the well regions. An active region is formed in the deformable fluid layer. At least three fiducial markings are formed within the non-active region and disposed in a spatial manner associated with at least one of the well regions. A control layer is coupled to the fluid layer.