Electrically controlled microfluidic system
AssigneeZymera, Inc.
InventorDaniel Sobek
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Abstract
An electrically controlled microfluidic system (1300) is provided including: providing a probe fluid (128) extending longitudinally; restricting a longitudinal movement of the probe fluid (128) by capillary effects; moving the probe fluid (128) longitudinally using an electric field, an electric field gradient, or a combination thereof; reacting a fluid under test (130) with the probe fluid (128) to start a reacting mixture; and measuring the reacting mixture over distance, time, or a combination thereof.
Claims20
An electrically controlled microfluidic system (1300) comprising:
- providing a probe fluid (128) extending longitudinally;
- restricting a longitudinal movement of the probe fluid (128) by capillary effects;
- moving the probe fluid (128) longitudinally using an electric field, an electric field gradient, or a combination thereof;
- reacting a fluid under test (130) with the probe fluid (128) to start a reacting mixture;
- and
- measuring the reacting mixture over distance, time, or a combination thereof.
An electrically controlled microfluidic system (1300) comprising:
- providing a probe fluid (128) extending longitudinally through a probe fluid capillary (108);
- restricting a longitudinal movement of the probe fluid (128) by capillary effects in a mixing valve (106);
- moving the probe fluid (128) longitudinally using an electric field, an electric field gradient, or a combination thereof;
- reacting a fluid under test (130) with the probe fluid (128) to start a reacting mixture extending through the reaction capillary (124);
- and
- measuring the reacting mixture over distance, time, or a combination thereof, using linked instrument clusters (202).
An electrically controlled microfluidic system (100) comprising:
- a substrate (302);
- a probe fluid capillary (108) for restricting a longitudinal movement of a probe fluid (128) on the substrate;
- an electrode (110) proximate to the probe fluid capillary (108) for moving the probe fluid (128) through the probe fluid capillary (108) using an electric field, an electric field gradient, or a combination thereof;
- and
- an instrument cluster (202) for measuring reaction between the probe fluid (128) and a fluid under test (130) over distance, time, or a combination thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.