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US 2011/0301535 A1Published application
Microfluidic control systems
AssigneeThe Regents of the University of Michigan
InventorsShuichi Takayama, Bobak Mosadegh
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Abstract
The present invention relates to microfluidic devices. In particular, the present invention relates to microfluidic devices for performing spatio-temporal operations and applications thereof.
Claims22
A system, comprising:
- a) one or more microfluidics devices, wherein each of said microfluidic devices comprises two or more segmented species-containing channels, where the pressure of said species joins or segments said channels;
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- b) fluid for regulating said microfluidic devices in the absence of external control.
A method of performing microfluidic operations, comprising:
- contacting one or more microfluidics devices, wherein each of said microfluidic devices comprises two or more segmented species-containing channels, where the pressure of said species joins or segments said channel with a fluid for regulating said microfluidic devices in the absence of external control under conditions such that said device performs microfluidic operations using said fluids.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.