| US 7,524,459 B2 | ||
| Optoelectronic and microfluidic integration for miniaturized spectroscopic devices | ||
| Mark L. Adams, Pasadena, Calif. (US); Stephen R. Quake, San Marino, Calif. (US); and Axel Scherer, Laguna Beach, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Pasadena, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 23, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/351,294. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/351485, filed on Jan. 24, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2003/0235924 A1, Dec. 25, 2003 | ||
| Int. Cl. B01L 3/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 422—82.05 [422/82.06; 422/82.09; 422/82.11; 422/100] | 13 Claims |
| 1. An apparatus for optical analysis, the apparatus comprising:
a detector system;
a microfluidic system on the detector system, the microfluidic system including a sealing membrane, the sealing membrane forming
a surface of the microfluidic system;
a light source system coupled to the microfluidic system;
wherein the apparatus is free from any lens system between the microfluidic system and the detector system.
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