Microwave heating device for lab on a chip
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsTim Rausch, Edward Charles Gage, Walter R. Eppler, Gemma Mendonsa
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Abstract
A microfluidic device for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) processing includes a platform with a microstructure with at least one reaction chamber, and a heating element. The heating element heats at least a part of the at least one reaction chamber. The heating element includes at least one spin torque oscillator (STO) configured to heat the at least a part of the at least one reaction chamber to one or more temperatures for PCR processing.
Claims20
A microfluidic device for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) processing, comprising:
- a platform with a microstructure with at least one reaction chamber;
- and
- a heating element for at least a part of the at least one reaction chamber, the heating element comprising at least one spin torque oscillator (STO) configured to heat the at least a part of the at least one reaction chamber to one or more temperatures for PCR processing.
A method of heating a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) solution in a lab on a chip (LOC), comprising:
- providing a reaction chamber on the LOC;
- providing the PCR solution to the reaction chamber;
- and
- heating at least one part of the reaction chamber of the LOC using at least one spin torque oscillator (STO) configured to heat the PCR solution.
A device, comprising:
- a reaction chamber for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) processing of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA);
- and
- a heating element for at least a part of the reaction chamber, the heating element comprising at least one spin torque oscillator (STO) configured to heat the at least a part of the reaction chamber to one or more temperatures for PCR processing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.