Method and apparatus for controlling minute amount of fluid
OwnerYuichi Shibata, Takeshi Oshikuboinventors
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a controlling method and a controlling apparatus wherein, in a microscopic flow passage such as a micro flow passage or a nano flow passage, an inhalation of a sample microscopic fluid and a flow amount control and a quantity amount control of the sample microscopic fluid can be carried out. A driving microscopic fluid, which is putted into the microscopic flow passage such as the micro flow passage or the nano flow passage and reacts to an electric field or a magnetic field, is moved by changing the electric field or the magnetic field from an outer side and by positioning it, thereby the inhalation and the flow amount of the sample microscopic fluid is controlled.
Claims13
A microscopic fluid controlling method comprising the steps of:
- moving a first microscopic fluid by changing an electric field or a magnetic field and by positioning said first microscopic fluid in a microscopic flow passage;
- inhaling a second microscopic fluid in said microscopic flow passage by succeeding said first microscopic fluid;
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- controlling said second microscopic fluid existed in said microscopic flow passage in respective of a move of said first microscopic fluid.
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A microscopic fluid controlling apparatus comprising:
- a first microscopic fluid moving means for positioning and moving a first microscopic fluid in a microscopic flow passage;
- a second microscopic fluid inhaling means for inhaling a second microscopic fluid in said microscopic flow passage by succeeding said first microscopic fluid;
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- a controlling means for controlling said second microscopic fluid.
9-11. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.