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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8600684
APP PUB NO 20090308470A1
SERIAL NO

11916012

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The present invention relates to a method for determining the identity of a microfluidic device and a home position by means of a set of home position marks on the microfluidic device, which is of the type used in a microfluidic system. Said method comprises following phases: a microfluidic device scanning phase, wherein a microfluidic device is scanned for mark identifiers; a microfluidic device identifying phase, wherein at least one a characteristic feature of the set of home marks is/are determined and used for identifying the identity of the microfluidic device; a home position determining phase, wherein the home position is determined by the use of at least a subset of the home position marks identified during said previous phases. The present invention relates to a set of home marks, a microfluidic device carrying such a set of home marks, a microfluidic system, a computer program product and a computer program on a computer usable medium.

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GYROS PATENT ABUPPSALA SCIENCE PARK UPPSALA SE 751 83

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bergström, Mårten Uppsala, SE 1 5
Bielik, Robert Bälinge, SE 4 125
Ohlström, Agneta Järlåsa, SE 1 5
Söderman, Tobias Bälinge, SE 3 11

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