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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2008
Aaron R. Wheeler, Toronto, CA;
Irena Barbulovic-nad, Toronto, CA;
Hao Yang, Toronto, CA;
Mohamed Abdelgawad, Toronto, CA;
Aaron R. Wheeler, Toronto, CA;
Irena Barbulovic-Nad, Toronto, CA;
Hao Yang, Toronto, CA;
Mohamed Abdelgawad, Toronto, CA;
The Governing Council of the University of Toronto, Toronto, CA;
Abstract
The present invention provides an exchangeable, reagent pre-loaded sheets which can be temporarily applied to an electrode array on a digital microfluidic device (DMF). The substrate facilitates virtually un-limited re-use of the DMF devices avoiding cross-contamination on the electrode array itself, as well as enabling rapid exchange of pre-loaded reagents while bridging the world-to-chip interface of DMF devices. The present invention allows for the transformation of DMF into a versatile platform for lab-on-a-chip applications.