Thermal reaction device and method for using the same

US8828663B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• FLUIDIGM CORPORATION · US
• The Regents of the University of California · US

Inventors

• Marc A. Unger · San Mateo, US
• Lincoln McBride · Redwood City, US
• Geoffrey Facer · San Francisco, US
• Michael Lucero · South San Francisco, US
• Hany Ramez Nassef · San Mateo, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 20, 2006
• Grant date: Sep 9, 2014
• Expiry date: Nov 6, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01L2400/0655
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Devices and methods for performing the relative concentration of a target in a sample, the sample containing both target and non-target components, the method performed by partitioning the sample into a large number of reaction volumes such that the target is concentrated relative to the non-target, and performing a detection assay upon each reaction volume to detect the target.