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US 2007/0175768 A1Published application
Microfluidic systems including porous polymer electrodes
AssigneeApplera Corporation
InventorsAldrich Lau, Konrad Faulstich, Kristian Scaboo
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Abstract
Microfluidic devices that incorporate a porous polymer electrode assemblies, including microfluidic device useful for detection of nucleic acids, as well as methods of using the microfluidic devices.
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A microfluidic device, comprising:
- a porous electrode assembly that includes
- a porous monolith;
- a conductive polymer applied to at least a portion of the porous monolith, so that the surface of the material defines a porous topography;
- and
- an electrical connection between the conductive polymer and a potential source;
- and
- a controller configured to control the electrical potential applied to the conductive polymer.
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A microfluidic device for analyzing nucleic acids, comprising
- a substrate having a plurality of microfluidic chambers and channels fabricated therein;
- a cover adhering to the substrate surface;
- an inlet configured to receive a biological sample;
- one or more chambers configured for pretreatment of the biological sample;
- one or more chambers configured for subjecting the biological sample to a polymerase chain reaction;
- one or more chambers configured to separate a nucleic acid polymer amplified by the polymerase chain reaction;
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- a porous polymer electrode configured to detect the amplified nucleic acid polymer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.