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US 10,946,379 B2Granted
Microfluidics system
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsMatthew David Smith, Manish Giri, Chantelle Domingue
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Abstract
Provided herein are a system and method for using a microfluidics device. The system includes: a plurality of pumps and a plurality of sensors; a first communication line to select a pump from the plurality of pumps and select a sensor from the plurality of sensors; a second communication line selectively connected to the selected pump; and a third communication line selectively connected to the selected sensor.
Claims14
A microfluidics system, the system comprising:
- a plurality of pumps and a plurality of sensors;
- a first communication line connected to a plurality of transistors, the transistors connected to selectively enable operation of a selected pump from the plurality of pumps and a selected sensor from the plurality of sensor in response to a signal on the first communication line;
- a second communication line with branches that connect to each pump in the plurality of pumps such that a signal on the second communication line operates the selected pump selectively enabled by the plurality of transistors;
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- a third communication line with branches that connect to each sensor in the plurality of sensors such that output from whichever sensor is the selected sensor enabled by the plurality of transistors is transmitted on the third communication line.
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