Patent ID: 8440149

Claim:
An integrated microfluidic processing system comprising a microfluidic device, the device comprising: a first side; a second side; a microfluidic complex comprising a plurality of flow channels, wherein the microfluidic complex is located proximate to the first side of the microfluidic device and distant from the second side of the microfluidic device; a heating element configured to heat a region of the microfluidic complex, wherein the heating element is located relatively more distant from the first side of the microfluidic device and more proximate to the second side of the microfluidic device than the microfluidic complex; and at least one conductive lead for supplying electrical current from a current source to the heating element, wherein a portion of the lead extends from a first position within the microfluidic device that is similarly spaced with respect to the first and second sides of the microfluidic device as is the heating element to a second position within the microfluidic device located relatively more distant from the first side of the microfluidic device and more proximate to the second side of the microfluidic device than the heating element.