AN ANGLED ILLUMINATION SYSTEM FOR MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20240310644A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-19

    申请号:US18575150

    申请日:2022-07-01

    CPC classification number: G02B27/0961 G02B21/082 G02B27/0972

    Abstract: Systems and associated methods and techniques for illuminating and imaging a device, such as a microfluidic or microarray device, are described herein. An optical source that illuminates the planar surface at an oblique angle can be used with optical components, such as an offset optical shaping rod and a wedge prism, used to provide uniform illumination across the planar surface and allow the illumination to appropriately reach the target illumination area despite the geometric limitations imposed by the presence and position of imaging, microfluidic control, and/or thermal cycling components.

    Mass Spectrometry Based Multi-Parametric Particle Analyzer

    公开(公告)号:US20200240895A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-30

    申请号:US16844373

    申请日:2020-04-09

    Abstract: An analytical instrument has a sample introduction system for generating a stream of particles from a sample. An ionization system atomizes and ionizes particles in the stream as they are received. The instrument has an ion pretreatment system and a mass analyzer. The ion pretreatment system is adapted to transport ions generated by the ionization system to the mass analyzer. The mass analyzer is adapted measure the amount of at least one element in individual particles from the stream by performing mass analysis on the ions from the atomized particles. The instrument can be adapted to measure the amount of many different tags, for example at least five different tags, at the same time to facilitate multi-parametric analysis of cells and other particles.

    Systems for microfluidic logic devices

    公开(公告)号:US10322411B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-18

    申请号:US15150062

    申请日:2016-05-09

    Abstract: A microfluidic system includes a substrate, a set of input ports coupled to the substrate, and a set of output ports coupled to the substrate. The microfluidic system also includes a microfluidic processing system coupled to the substrate and including a plurality of processing sites. The microfluidic processing system is coupled to the set of input ports and the set of output ports. The microfluidic system further includes one or more microfluidic logic devices coupled to the substrate and operable to control at least a portion of the microfluidic processing system.

    System for thermal cycling of microfluidic samples

    公开(公告)号:US10226770B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-12

    申请号:US14864491

    申请日:2015-09-24

    Abstract: A thermal cycler for a microfluidic device includes a controller operable to provide a series of electrical signals, a heat sink, and a heating element in thermal communication with the heat sink and operable to receive the series of electrical signals from the controller. The thermal cycler also includes a thermal chuck in thermal communication with the heating element. The thermal chuck comprises a heating surface operable to make thermal contact with the microfluidic device. The heating surface is characterized by a temperature ramp rate between 2.5 degrees Celsius per second and 5.5 degrees Celsius per second and a temperature difference between a first portion of the heating surface supporting a first portion of the microfluidic device and a second portion of the heating surface supporting a second portion of the microfluidic device is less than 0.25° C.

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