Microfluidic devices and systems incorporating integrated optical elements
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A microfluidic device comprising a body structure;
- at least two intersecting microscale channels disposed in the body structure;
a light altering optical element integrated into the body structure adjacent to a first one of the at least two intersecting microscale channels, whereby at least a portion of light passing from or to the first microscale channel is transmitted through the light altering optical element.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
The present invention provides microfluidic devices and systems that utilize optical detection systems, and where one or more light altering optical elements are integrated into the body structure of the microfluidic device. The resulting devices perform at least a portion of the optical manipulations used in the optical detection method employed.
-
Citations
27 Claims
-
1. A microfluidic device comprising a body structure;
- at least two intersecting microscale channels disposed in the body structure;
a light altering optical element integrated into the body structure adjacent to a first one of the at least two intersecting microscale channels, whereby at least a portion of light passing from or to the first microscale channel is transmitted through the light altering optical element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
- at least two intersecting microscale channels disposed in the body structure;
-
13. A microfluidic device, comprising:
-
a body structure having an interior portion and an exterior portion; at least two intersecting microscale channels disposed within the interior portion of the body structure; a detection window disposed on the exterior portion of the body structure, the detection window providing optical access to a first one of the at least two microscale channels, the detection window comprising a light altering optical element integrated with the body structure.
-
-
14. A microfluidic system comprising:
-
a microfluidic device comprising a body structure, at least two intersecting microscale channels disposed in the body structure, a transparent region in the body structure, the transparent region including a light altering optical element integrated into the body structure; an optical detector disposed adjacent to the detection window, the optical detector comprising an objective lens for collecting an optical signal transmitted from a first one of the at least two intersecting microscale channels via the light altering optical element, and a light detector for measuring an amount of light collected. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
-
-
18. A microfluidic device comprising
a body structure; -
a microscale channel disposed in the body structure; a light altering optical coating disposed on the body structure adjacent to the microscale channel, whereby at least a portion of light passing from or to the microscale channel is transmitted through the light altering optical coating. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
-
Specification