Electricity: measuring and testing – A material property using electrostatic phenomenon – In a liquid
Reexamination Certificate
2007-12-25
2007-12-25
Deb, Anjan (Department: 2858)
Electricity: measuring and testing
A material property using electrostatic phenomenon
In a liquid
C204S601000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10148425
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides an on-chip packed reactor bed design that allows for an effective exchange of packing materials such as beads at a miniaturized level. In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a method of concentrating an analyte within a microfluidic analysis system, comprising the steps of: a) providing a main channel having a trapping zone suitable for trapping packing material; b) providing a slurry of a reagent treated packing material prepared in a solution having a predetermined composition of a solvent; c) inducing a flow of said packing material into said trapping zone through a flow channel connected to said trapping zone so as to load said trapping zone and form a packed bed of said packing material; d) and flowing a sample containing analytes through said packed bed, said reagent acting to concentrate at least some of said analytes within said trapping zone. The present invention extends the function of microfluidic analysis systems to new applications including on-chip solid phase extraction (SPE) and on-chip capillary electrochromatography (CEC). The design can be further extended to include integrated packed bed immuno- or enzyme reactors.
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Harrison D. Jed
Li Paul
Oleschuk Richard
Shultz-Lockyear Loranelle
Skinner Cameron
Abeles Daniel C.
Deb Anjan
The Governors of the University of Alberta
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