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Process intensified microfluidic devices

US7939033B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12Claims

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Assignee

CORNING INCORPORATED · US

Inventors

Elena Daniela Lavric · Avon, FR
Pierre Woehl · Cesson, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 11, 2008
Grant date	May 10, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 27, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01L2400/086
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A microfluidic device [10] includes at least one reactant passage [26] and one or more thermal control passages defined therein, the one or more thermal control passages being positioned and arranged within two volumes [12,14] each bordered by a wall [18,20], the walls being generally planar and parallel to one another, the reactant passage positioned between said generally planar walls and defined by said generally planar walls and walls [28] extending between said generally planar walls, wherein the reactant passage comprises multiple successive chambers [34], each such chamber including a split of the reactant passage into at least two sub-passages [36], and a joining [38] of the split passages, and a change of passage direction, of at least one of the sub-passages, of at least 90 degrees.

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