Patents Assigned to FLUIDIGM, INC.
  • NUCLEIC ACID ISOLATION METHODS
    Publication number: 20140227691
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for selectively enriching a biological sample for short nucleic acids, such as fetal DNA in a maternal sample or apoptic DNA in a biological sample from a cancer patient and for subsequently analyzing the short nucleic acids for genotype, mutation, and/or aneuploidy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: FLUIDIGM, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew May, Alain Mir, Ramesh Ramakrishnan, Bernhard G. Zimmermann
  • ASSAYS FOR THE DETECTION OF GENOTYPE, MUTATIONS, AND/OR ANEUPLOIDY
    Publication number: 20140186827
    Abstract: The present invention provides amplification-based methods for detection of genotype, mutations, and/or aneuploidy. These methods have broad applicability, but are particularly well-suited to detecting and quantifying target nucleic acids in free fetal DNA present in a maternal bodily fluid sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: FLUIDIGM, INC.
    Inventors: Martin Pieprzyk, Robert C. Jones, Kenneth J. Livak, Andrew May, Alain Mir, Jian Qin, Ramesh Ramakrishnan, Sandra Spurgeon, Jun Wang, Bernhard G. Zimmermann