Microfluidic device
AssigneesCentre National De La Recherche Scientifique, Institut Curie
InventorsJean-Louis Viovy, Claus Futterer, Nicolas Minc, Jean Rossier, Jean-Hugues Codarbox
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Abstract
The invention relates to a microfluidic device comprising at least one micro-channel connected at one end to an enclosed area, characterized in that it also comprises an inlet circuit and an outlet circuit connected to the enclosed area and between which the fluid can be discharged without any contact with the micro-channel, wherein at least one of said inlet and outlet circuits can be controlled in such a way that the pressure at the end of the micro-channel can be modified independently from the pressure at the other end of the micro-channel.
Claims24
1-25. (canceled)
A microfluidic device comprising:
- a chamber
- at least one microchannel connected at one end to the chamber,
- an inlet circuit,
- an outlet circuit, said inlet and oultlet circuits being connected to the chamber and between which a flow of fluid can be established without contact with the microchannel, wherein at least one of the inlet and oultlet circuits is controllable so as to modify the pressure at said end of the microchannel, independently of the pressure at another end of the microchannel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.