US 12,330,159 B2
Multiplex assays using separation structure and well structure
Stephen Y. Chou, Princeton, NJ (US); and Wei Ding, Princeton, NJ (US)
Assigned to Essenlix Corporation, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US)
Appl. No. 17/787,771
Filed by Essenlix Corporation, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 21, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/066500
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 21, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/127665, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/952,173, filed on Dec. 20, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/951,999, filed on Dec. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0338954 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. B01L 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC B01L 3/502761 (2013.01) [B01L 2200/0647 (2013.01); B01L 2200/12 (2013.01); B01L 2200/16 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0654 (2013.01); B01L 2300/161 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multiplex assay device, comprising:
a separation structure comprising a hydrophobic trench or a hydrophilic strip on a first plate; and
a sample contact area on the surface of the first plate;
wherein at least a portion of the separation structure is not covered by the sample contact area; and
wherein the separation structure is configured to separate a liquid sample on the first plate into parts.