CA2284779A1 - Controlled fluid transport in microfabricated polymeric substrates - Google Patents

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CA2284779A1
CA2284779A1 CA002284779A CA2284779A CA2284779A1 CA 2284779 A1 CA2284779 A1 CA 2284779A1 CA 002284779 A CA002284779 A CA 002284779A CA 2284779 A CA2284779 A CA 2284779A CA 2284779 A1 CA2284779 A1 CA 2284779A1
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J. Wallace Parce
Michael R. Knapp
Calvin Y. H. Chow
Luc Bousse
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Abstract

Microfluidic devices (202) are provided for the performance of chemical and biochemical analyses, syntheses and detection (230). The devices of the invention combine precise fluidic control systems with microfabricated polymeric substrates to provide accurate, low cost miniaturized analytical devices that have broad applications in the fields of chemistry, biochemistry, biotechnology, molecular biology and numerous other fields.
CA 2284779 1997-04-14 1998-04-14 Controlled fluid transport in microfabricated polymeric substrates Expired - Fee Related CA2284779C (en)

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