Integrated microfluidic devices comprising at least an enrichment channel
(10) and a main electrophoretic flowpath (12) are provided. In the subject
integrated devices, the enrichment channel and the main electrophoretic
flowpath are positioned so that waste fluid flows away from said main
electrophoretic flowpath through a discharge outlet (6). The subject
devices find use in a variety of electrophoretic applications, including
clinical assays, high throughput screening for genomics and pharmaceutical
applications, point-or-care in vitro diagnostics, molecular genetic
analysis and nucleic acid diagnostics, cell separations, and bioresearch
generally.