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Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013

Filed:

Apr. 04, 2012
Applicants:

David S. Cohen, San Bruno, CA (US);

Robert C. Jones, Los Altos, CA (US);

Andrew May, San Francisco, CA (US);

Hany Nassef, San Mateo, CA (US);

Jing Wang, South San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

David S. Cohen, San Bruno, CA (US);

Robert C. Jones, Los Altos, CA (US);

Andrew May, San Francisco, CA (US);

Hany Nassef, San Mateo, CA (US);

Jing Wang, South San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Fluidigm Corporation, South San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

New high density microfluidic devices and methods provide precise metering of fluid volumes and efficient mixing of the metered volumes. A first solution is introduced into a segment of a flow channel in fluidic communication with a reaction chamber. A second solution is flowed through the segment so that the first solution is displaced into the reaction chamber, and a volume of the second solution enters the chamber. The chamber can then be isolated and reactions within the chamber can be initiated and/or detected. High throughput methods of genetic analysis can be carried out with greater accuracy than previously available.


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