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Micro-fluidic device and uses thereof

US9789485B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15Claims

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Assignees

Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE · SG

Inventors

Jongyoon Han · Ithaca, US
Chao-Yu Chen · Taoyuan, TW
Chong Jin Ong · Singapore, SG
Guofeng Guan · Singapore, SG
Ali Asgar S. Bhagat · Singapore, SG
Lidan Wu · Cambridge, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 20, 2013
Grant date	Oct 17, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 1, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01L2400/084
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A micro-fluidic device includes at least one inlet and a curvilinear microchannel having a trapezoidal cross section defined by a radially inner side, a radially outer side, a bottom side, and a top side, the cross section having a) the radially inner side and the radially outer side unequal in height, or b) the radially inner side equal in height to the radially outer side, and wherein the top side has at least two continuous straight sections, each unequal in width to the bottom side.

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