Microfluidic system including a virtual wall fluid interface port for interfacing fluids with the microfluidic system
US7179423B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 21, 2001 |
| Grant date | Feb 20, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 21, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T436/2575
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A fluid interface port in a microfluidic system and a method of forming the fluid interface port is provided. The fluid interface port comprises an opening formed in the side wall of a microchannel sized and dimensioned to form a virtual wall when the microchannel is filled with a first liquid. The fluid interface port is utilized to fill the microchannel with a first liquid, to introduce a second liquid into the first liquid and to eject fluid from the microchannel.
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