Patent 9404152 was granted and assigned to Canon U.S. Life Sciences, Inc. on August, 2016 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention relates to systems and methods of monitoring velocity or flow in channels, especially in microfluidic channels. In some embodiments, the present invention relates to systems and methods of monitoring velocity or flow rate in systems and methods for performing a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in a continuous-flow microfluidic system.