Mixing method
AssigneeGyros Patent AB
InventorGerald Jesson
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The present invention includes a method of mixing at least two aliquots in a microchannel structure (140) provided on a rotatable substrate (130) having a rotating centre, comprising the actions of: providing a volume of X of aliquot I into a first inlet microchannel (102), providing a volume of Y of aliquot II into a second inlet microchannel (101), rotating said substrate (130) in order to overcome a first microfluidic valve (104) and to move said aliquots I and II from said first and second inlet microchannels (102, 101) into said mixing chamber (106), where said mixing chamber (106) has a volume larger than X+Y, and shaking said aliquots I and II together with a gas bubble in said mixing chamber (106).
Claims8
A method of mixing at least two aliquots in a microchannel structure provided on a rotatable substrate having a rotating centre, comprising the actions of:
- a. providing a volume of X of aliquot I into a first inlet microchannel,
- b. providing a volume of Y of aliquot II into a second inlet microchannel,
- c. rotating said substrate in order to overcome a first microfluidic valve and to move said aliquots I and II from said first and second inlet microchannels into said mixing chamber, where said mixing chamber has a volume larger than X+Y, and
- d. shaking said aliquots I and II together with a gas bubble in said mixing chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.