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AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsMenno Willem Jose Prins, Johannes Wilhelmus Weekamp, Jacob Marinus Jan Den Toonder
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The present invention provides a microfluidic system comprising at least one microchannel (18) having an inner wall (17). The microfluidic system comprises attached to the inner wall (17) of the at least one microchannel (18) a plurality of ciliary N actuator elements (10a-d) and at least one floating current wire (14a-d) present in the at least one microchannel (18) for applying a magnetic field to the plurality of ciliary actuator elements (10a-d) for changing their shape and/or orientation. The present invention also provides a method for the manufacturing of such microfluidic systems and to a method for controlling a fluid flow through a microchannel (18) of such a microfluidic system.
A microfluidic system comprising at least one microchannel (18) having an inner wall (17), the microfluidic system furthermore comprising:
A method for the manufacturing of a microfluidic system comprising at least one microchannel (18), the method comprising:
A method for controlling a fluid flow through a microchannel (18) of a microfluidic system, the microchannel (18) having an inner wall (17), the inner wall (17) of the microchannel (18) having a plurality of ciliary actuator elements (10a-d), the ciliary actuator elements (10a-d) each having a shape and an orientation;
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