Method and apparatus for use in temperature controlled processing of microfluidic samples

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PATENT NO 9987636
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14691340

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Embodiments of the invention comprise microfluidic devices, instrumentation interfacing with those devices, processes for fabricating that device, and methods of employing that device to perform PCR amplification. Embodiments of the invention are also compatible with quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (“qPCR”) processes. Microfluidic devices in accordance with the invention may contain a plurality of parallel processing channels. Fully independent reactions can take place in each of the plurality of parallel processing channels. The availability of independent processing channels allows a microfluidic device in accordance with the invention to be used in a number of ways. For example, separate samples could be processed in each of the independent processing channels. Alternatively, different loci on a single sample could be processed in multiple processing channels.

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CALIPER LIFE SCIENCES INCHOPKINTON MA 01748

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Chow, Andrea W Los Altos, US 74 8254
Jensen, Morten J San Francisco, US 25 1933
Kennedy, Colin B Greenbrae, US 46 5741
Mouradian, Stephane Menlo Park, US 6 278

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