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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2014
Genmark Diagnostics, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Hamed Shadpour, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Sean Ford, Oceanside, CA (US);
Jorge Alberto Garces, San Diego, CA (US);
Darren S. Gray, Carlsbad, CA (US);
GenMark Diagnostics, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides improved methods that allow accurate monitoring and/or control of temperature changes in a microfluidic environment. An advantage of the present invention is that the temperature can be monitored and/or controlled at any location within a microfluidic device, especially where a preparation step, an amplification step and/or a detection step is performed. The invention further provides improved microfluidic devices for practicing the methods disclosed and claimed herein.