Thermal reaction device and method for using the same
AssigneeFluidigm Corporation
InventorsLincoln McBride, Geoffrey Facer, Marc Unger, Michael Lucero, Hany Ramez Nassef
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Abstract
An M×N matrix microfluidic device for performing a matrix of reactions, the device having a plurality of reaction cells in communication with one of either a sample inlet or a reagent inlet through a via formed within an elastomeric block of the device. Methods provided include a method for forming vias in parallel in an elastomeric layer of an elastomeric block of a microfluidic device, the method comprising using patterned photoresist masks and etching reagents to etch away regions or portions of an elastomeric layer of the elastomeric block.
Claims6
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A high density microfluidic device comprising
- a first layer containing flow channels and a second layer containing flow channels;
- a first flow channel in the first layer, said first flow channel in fluidic communication with a first inlet;
- a second flow channel in the second layer, said second flow channel in fluidic communication with the first flow channel;
- a third flow channel in the second layer, said third flow channel in fluidic communication with a second inlet;
- wherein the second and third flow channels both cross over the first flow channel;
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- wherein the second and third flow channels are in fluidic communication through a fourth flow channel in the second layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.