Devices and methods for monitoring and controlling temperature in a microfluidic environment
US9945738B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 12, 2014 |
| Grant date | Apr 17, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 27, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01K2213/00
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention provides improved methods that allow accurate monitoring and/or control of temperature changes in a microfluidic environment. An advantage of the present invention is that the temperature can be monitored and/or controlled at any location within a microfluidic device, especially where a preparation step, an amplification step and/or a detection step is performed. The invention further provides improved microfluidic devices for practicing the methods disclosed and claimed herein.
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