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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2011
Patrick Saltsman, Seattle, WA (US);
Mingchao Shen, Snohomish, WA (US);
Jeffrey M. Houkal, Bellevue, WA (US);
Christy A. Lancaster, Seattle, WA (US);
C. Frederick Battrell, Redmond, WA (US);
Bernhard H. Weigl, Seattle, WA (US);
Patrick Saltsman, Seattle, WA (US);
Mingchao Shen, Snohomish, WA (US);
Jeffrey M. Houkal, Bellevue, WA (US);
Christy A. Lancaster, Seattle, WA (US);
C. Frederick Battrell, Redmond, WA (US);
Bernhard H. Weigl, Seattle, WA (US);
Micronics, Inc., Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to microfluidic devices and methods for manipulating and analyzing fluid samples. The disclosed microfluidic devices utilize a plurality of microfluidic channels, inlets, valves, filter, pumps, liquid barriers and other elements arranged in various configurations to manipulate the flow of a fluid sample in order to prepare such sample for analysis.