Apparatus and method for sorting microfluidic particles
US11376592B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 19, 2018 |
| Grant date | Jul 5, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 20, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2015/1413
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A single junction sorter for a microfluidic particle sorter, the single-junction sorter comprising: an input channel, configured to receive a fluid containing particles; an output sort channel and an output waste channel, each connected to the input channel for receiving the fluid therefrom; a bubble generator, operable to selectively displace the fluid around a particle to be sorted and thereby to create a transient flow of the fluid in the input channel; and a vortex element, configured to cause a vortex in the transient flow in order to direct the particle to be sorted into the output sort channel.
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