Device for fluid processor and its fluid flow path setting device, fluid processor, and fluid processing method
US7537028B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 27, 2003 |
| Grant date | May 26, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 24, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T137/2213
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A device for fluid processor comprises a plate-shaped base material, a micro conduit network formed in the base material and formed of a first micro conduit and second micro conduits intersecting with the first micro conduit, a valve provided in each of conduit portions and a valve control mechanism. The valves in the conduit portions are closed, whereby a fluid running route is set, thereby forming a fluid processor that an intended processing is conducted by circulating a fluid through the running route. A fluid suspending cavity is preferably formed at each of the intersections of the micro conduits.A fluid running route setting apparatus is equipped with a conduit portion opening and closing mechanism having a function that individual valve control mechanisms in the device are driven, and the conduit portion opening and closing mechanism is driven by indication of fluid running route setting to a computer.A fluid processor may be provided with a stimulus application mechanism for applying stimulus to a fluid in the micro conduit or fluid suspending cavity in the device.In the fluid processor that a fluid to be processed is liquid, the running route for fluid process is set corr…
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