Patent ID: 8105554
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: B01L,B33Y,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of storing microfluidic samples, the method comprising: providing an array of sample wells for storing microfluidic samples, the sample wells disposed along and open to at least one planar surface; positioning a fluid access structure adjacent to one of the at least one planar surfaces, the fluid access structure comprising a microfluidic circuit for distributing the sample fluid to a fluid access region encompassing a subset of the sample wells from the array of sample wells, wherein the microfluidic circuit includes one or more microfluidic channels adapted to overlay openings of the subset of the sample wells, wherein two or more channels of the one or more microfluidic channels span at least two openings of the subset; and introducing a sample fluid through the microfluidic circuit to the fluid access region so that the sample wells in the fluid access region are populated with the sample fluid.