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US 2014/0370581 A1Published application
Microfluidic devices for fluid manipulation and analysis
AssigneeMicronics, Inc.
InventorsPatrick Saltsman, Mingchao Shen, Jeffrey M. Houkal, Christy A. Lancaster, C. Frederick Battrell, Bernhard H. Weigl
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Abstract
The present invention relates to microfluidic devices and methods for manipulating and analyzing fluid samples. The disclosed microfluidic devices utilize a plurality of microfluidic channels, inlets, valves, filter, pumps, liquid barriers and other elements arranged in various configurations to manipulate the flow of a fluid sample in order to prepare such sample for analysis.
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A microfluidic device, comprising:
- first, second and third microfluidic channels, each of the first, second and third microfluidic channels having a first end and a second end;
- a sample inlet fluidly connected to the first end of each of the first, second and third microfluidic channels;
- a bellows pump fluidly connected to the second end of each of the first, second and third microfluidic channels;
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- the first, second and third microfluidic channels each comprising first, second and third dried reagent zones, respectively.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.