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US 12,411,297 B2Granted
Microfluidics system, instrument, and cartridge including self-aligning optical fiber system and method
OwnerKrishna Iyer, Eikky Lim Eng Kuan +1inventors
InventorsKrishna Iyer, Eikky Lim Eng Kuan, Gordon H. Hall
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to microfluidics systems, instruments, and cartridges including self-aligning optical fiber systems and methods of use thereof. More specifically, the disclosure describes a microfluidics instrument including an optical detection system, microfluidics cartridge, and a self-aligning optical fiber system capable of coupling the microfluidics instrument and the microfluidics cartridge. Further, the disclosure provides methods of optical detection operations using a microfluidics system.
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A microfluidics system comprising:
- (a) a microfluidics instrument, wherein the microfluidics instrument includes an optical detection system comprising a plurality of instrument optical fiber segments;
- (b) a microfluidics cartridge comprising a plurality of cartridge optical fiber segments;
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- (c) a self-aligning optical fiber system;
- wherein the self-aligning optical fiber system is configured to optically couple the plurality of instrument optical fiber segments of the microfluidics instrument and the plurality of cartridge optical fiber segments of the microfluidics cartridge.
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