Mechanically actuated diagnostic device

US8691592B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · US

Inventors

• Zongyuan Chen · Westtown, US
• Haim H. Bau · Swarthmore, US
• Michael G. Mauk · Wilmington, US
• Xianbo Qiu · Beijing, CN
• Jason Kwa · Wellesley, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 14, 2007
• Grant date: Apr 8, 2014
• Expiry date: Jan 21, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T436/2575
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Disclosed are mechanically-actuated devices for transporting fluids within a microfluidic circuit and performing diagnostic operations on a sample. Also disclosed are related methods for performing sample analysis effected by the motion of an actuator proximate to a microfluidic system.