Automated system for handling microfluidic devices

摘要

The present invention is an automated microfluidic chip processing apparatus (400) that includes a deck (402) for holding at least one microfluidic chip (204) and capable of being accessed by a liquid handling system, a fluid control system (444), and a detection system, wherein a chip handling device (432) transports the chip from the deck to the fluid control system and the detection system. The present invention also includes a chip (204) for use with an automated microfluidic chip processing apparatus, and a method for processing a microfluidic chip using such an apparatus.