Patent ID: 9464319
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: B01F,B01L,C12Q

Claim Text:
1. A device, comprising: a first component and a second component; a first population of areas disposed in said first component and said second component; a second population of areas disposed in said first component and said second component; and an inlet, wherein the first component and the second component are engageable with one another such that a plurality of the first population of areas disposed in said first component and a plurality of the first population of areas disposed in said second component are in fluidic communication with the inlet via a continuous fluidic path within said first and second components, wherein relative motion between the first component and the second component isolates the plurality of the first population of areas disposed in said first component from the plurality of the first population of areas disposed in said second component and exposes at least some of the first population of areas to at least some of the second population of areas so as to form a plurality of analysis regions, at least some of the analysis regions differing in volume from others of the analysis regions, and wherein the first component and the second component are engaged with each other before and after the relative motion.