Microfluidic devices incorporating improved channel geometries
US6235175A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 2, 1998 |
| Grant date | May 22, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 2, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S366/03
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention generally provides microfluidic devices which incorporate improved channel and reservoir geometries, as well as methods of using these devices in the analysis, preparation, or other manipulation of fluid borne materials, to achieve higher throughputs of such materials through these devices, with lower cost, material and/or space requirements.
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