Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Microfluidic PCR device
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Application No.: US13956677Application Date: 2013-08-01
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Publication No.: US09777317B2Publication Date: 2017-10-03
- Inventor: Giuseppe Emanuele Spoto , Luigi Giuseppe Occhipinti , Cristian Dall'Oglio , Crocifisso Marco Antonio Renna , Laurent Drazek
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l. , bioMérieux S.A.
- Applicant Address: IT Agrate Brianza FR Marcy l'Etoile
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.,bioMérieux S.A.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.,bioMérieux S.A.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Agrate Brianza FR Marcy l'Etoile
- Agency: Seed IP Law Group LLP
- Priority: ITTO2012A0703 20120803
- Main IPC: C12Q1/68
- IPC: C12Q1/68 ; B01L3/00

Abstract:
A microfluidic device (1000-1005), comprising: a semiconductor body (2) having a first side (2a) and a second side (2b) opposite to one another, and housing, at the first side, a plurality of wells (4), having a first depth; an inlet region (30) forming an entrance point for a fluid to be supplied to the wells; a main channel (6a) fluidically connected to the inlet region, and having a second depth; and a plurality of secondary channels (6b) fluidically connecting the main channel to a respective well, and having a third depth. The first depth is higher than the second depth, which in turn is higher than the third depth. According to an aspect, the microfluidic device further comprises a cover layer (8), arranged above the first side of the semiconductor body, configured for sealing the wells and provided with at least a first valve hole (54) which extends through the cover layer and overlaps, at least partially, the secondary channels; and a flexible layer (14), arranged above the cover layer and provided with at least a protrusion (74) extending through the first valve hole towards the semiconductor body and overlapping, at least partially, the secondary channels, the flexible layer being configured such that, when a pressure is applied on it, the protrusion contacts the semiconductor body and enters the secondary channels thus fluidically isolating the wells from one another.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140038193A1 MICROFLUIDIC PCR DEVICE Public/Granted day:2014-02-06
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