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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2005
Betty Wu, Canton, MI (US);
John S. Althaus, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Nikhil Phadke, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Sundaresh N. Brahmasandra, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kalyan Handique, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Aaron Kehrer, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Gene Parunak, Saline, MI (US);
Cecelia Haley, Canton, MI (US);
Ted Springer, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Betty Wu, Canton, MI (US);
John S. Althaus, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Nikhil Phadke, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Sundaresh N. Brahmasandra, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kalyan Handique, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Aaron Kehrer, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Gene Parunak, Saline, MI (US);
Cecelia Haley, Canton, MI (US);
Ted Springer, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
HandyLab, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for processing polynucleotides (e.g., DNA) are disclosed. A processing region includes one or more surfaces (e.g., particle surfaces) modified with ligands that retain polynucleotides under a first set of conditions (e.g., temperature and pH) and release the polynucleotides under a second set of conditions (e.g., higher temperature and/or more basic pH). The processing region can be used to, for example, concentrate polynucleotides of a sample and/or separate inhibitors of amplification reactions from the polynucleotides. Microfluidic devices with a processing region are disclosed.