Microfluidic structures for biomedical applications

US10265698B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. · US
• The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. · US
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US

Inventors

• Jeffrey T. Borenstein · Holliston, US
• Eli Weinberg · Needham, US
• James C. Hsiao · Watertown, US
• Ahmad S. Khalil · Lexington, US
• Malinda M. Tupper · Cambridge, US
• Guillermo Garcia-Cardena · Boston, US
• Peter Mack · Chapel Hill, US
• Sarah L. Tao · Cambridge, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 6, 2015
• Grant date: Apr 23, 2019
• Expiry date: Feb 15, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/139
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Microfluidic structures featuring substantially circular channels may be fabricated by embossing polymer sheets.