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Rapid microfluidic thermal cycler for nucleic acid amplification

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OSTI ID:1224444

A system for thermal cycling a material to be thermal cycled including a microfluidic heat exchanger; a porous medium in the microfluidic heat exchanger; a microfluidic thermal cycling chamber containing the material to be thermal cycled, the microfluidic thermal cycling chamber operatively connected to the microfluidic heat exchanger; a working fluid at first temperature; a first system for transmitting the working fluid at first temperature to the microfluidic heat exchanger; a working fluid at a second temperature, a second system for transmitting the working fluid at second temperature to the microfluidic heat exchanger; a pump for flowing the working fluid at the first temperature from the first system to the microfluidic heat exchanger and through the porous medium; and flowing the working fluid at the second temperature from the second system to the heat exchanger and through the porous medium.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-07NA27344
Assignee:
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)
Patent Number(s):
9,170,060
Application Number:
12/270,348
OSTI ID:
1224444
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (3)

Isothermal surface production and regulation for high heat flux applications utilizing porous inserts journal August 2001
On-Chip Single-Copy Real-Time Reverse-Transcription PCR in Isolated Picoliter Droplets journal March 2008
Rapid microfluidic thermal cycler for polymerase chain reaction nucleic acid amplification journal May 2008

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