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Title: FLUIDIC CONNECTORS AND MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEMS

Document Type and Number: United States Patent Application 20140205997
Kind Code: A1

Abstract:
Fluidic connectors, methods, and devices for performing analyses (e.g., immunoassays) in microfluidic systems are provided. In some embodiments, a fluidic connector having a fluid path is used to connect two independent channels formed in a substrate so as to allow fluid communication between the two independent channels. One or both of the independent channels may be pre-filled with reagents (e.g., antibody solutions, washing buffers and amplification reagents), which can be used to perform the analysis. These reagents may be stored in the channels of the substrate for long periods amounts of time (e.g., 1 year) prior to use.

Inventors:
Linder, Vincent (Tewksbury, MA, US)
Steinmiller, David (Cambridge, MA, US)
Sia, Samuel K. (New York, NY, US)

Assignee: OPKO Diagnostics, LLC (Woburn, MA, US)

Application Number: 14/222125

Publication Date: 07/24/2014
Filing Date: 03/21/2014