Method and apparatus for splitting of specimens into multiple channels of a microfluidic device
US7125711B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 19, 2002 |
| Grant date | Oct 24, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 19, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2035/1034
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A microliter liquid sample, particularly a biological sample, is analyzed in a device employing centrifugal and capillary forces. The sample is moved by capillary forces into one or more metering wells which define the amount of the sample to be analyzed in subsequent steps. The defined amount of the sample is transferred from the metering wells to one or more conditioning and reagent wells for measuring the amount of an analyte contained in each metered amount of the sample.
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