Microfluidic devices and methods based on massively parallel picoreactors for cell and molecular diagnostics
US9110026B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 4, 2012 |
| Grant date | Aug 18, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 5, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC40B60/08
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Microfluidic devices and methods of forming cell reactors for performing cell analysis in a microfluidic chip. A microfluidic chip, in one implementation, includes a plurality of trapping sites, each of the plurality of trapping sites having a plurality of micropillars configured to trap one or more cells in an interior space formed by the plurality of micropillars. The plurality of micropillars in each trapping site form a picoreactor for cell and molecular diagnostics, such as characterizing, isolation, processing, and amplification of different cells, cells containing different substances, different particles, different biochemical compositions, proteins, and enzymes.
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