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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2014
Canon U.s. Life Sciences, Inc., Rockville, MD (US);
Ivor T. Knight, Arlington, VA (US);
Deborah J. Boles, Sterling, VA (US);
Canon U.S. Life Sciences, Inc., Rockville, MD (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for performing thermal melt analysis using a microfluidic device, the method comprising providing a microfluidic device having at least one microfluidic channel, introducing fluid comprising into the at least one microfluidic channel, continuously flowing the fluid through the at least one microfluidic channel while varying the temperature of the entire fluid stream as it moves through the at least one microfluidic channel by uniformly heating the entire fluid stream, and measuring, while continuously flowing the fluid through the at least one microfluidic channel, a detectable property emanating from the fluid.