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Microfluidic flow device and method for use thereof

US7691331B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

RHODIA CHIMIE · FR

Inventors

Armand Ajdari · Paris, FR
Galder Cristobal · Cambridge, US
Mathieu Joanicot · Châtenay-Malabry, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 11, 2006
Grant date	Apr 6, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 8, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T137/2229
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A microfluidic flow device includes at least one flow channel flowing into a branch point, to which at least two branched channels are connected, and at least one linking channel interconnecting the two branched channels. The linking channel flows into each branched channel at a short-circuit point which is preferably located at less than half of the length of each branched channel.

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