Patent 7524459 was granted and assigned to California Institute of Technology on April, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Techniques for integrating optoelectronic system and microfluidic system. An apparatus for optical analysis includes a detector system and a microfluidic system on the detector system. The apparatus is free from any lens system between the microfluidic system and the detector system. Methods of making such an apparatus and using such an apparatus are also disclosed.