Patent ID: 8790932
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: B01L,F26B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a dried reagent in a microfluidic system, wherein the dried reagent is provided for a detection reaction with an analyte to be analyzed, the method comprising: providing a microfluidic system having a microfluidic structure, cooling the microfluidic structure, introducing a flowable carrier medium containing a reagent and at least one surfactant into the microfluidic structure, wherein the microfluidic structure is cooled before the flowable carrier medium is introduced therein such that the flowable carrier medium freezes upon introduction into and contact with the microfluidic structure, and drying the reagent in the flowable carrier medium in the microfluidic structure by lyophilization to provide the dried reagent for the detection reaction, wherein the reagent is dried by the lyophilization after the flowable carrier medium is frozen upon introduction into and contact with the microfluidic structure.