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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2009
Applicants:
Weidong Cao, Rockville, MD (US);
Hiroshi Inoue, Bethesda, MD (US);
Kevin Louder, Rockville, MD (US);
Inventors:
Weidong Cao, Rockville, MD (US);
Hiroshi Inoue, Bethesda, MD (US);
Kevin Louder, Rockville, MD (US);
Assignee:
Canon U.S. Life Sciences, Inc., Rockville, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C07H 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods and systems for microfluidic DNA sample preparation. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and systems for the isolation of DNA from patient samples on a microfluidic device and use of the DNA for downstream processing, such as performing amplification reactions and thermal melt analysis on the microfluidic device.