Microfluidic device
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsPavel Kornilovich, Alexander N. GOVYADINOV
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Abstract
A microfluidic device may include at least four interconnected microfluidic channels and a set of fluid actuators. The set of fluid actuators may include a fluid actuator asymmetrically located within at least two of the at least four interconnected microfluidic channels. Each of the at least four interconnected microfluidic channels may be activated to a fluid inputting state, a fluid outputting state and a fluid blocking state in response to selective actuation of different combinations of fluid actuators of the set.
Claims15
A microfluidic device comprising:
- at least four interconnected microfluidic channels;
- and
- a set of fluid actuators comprising a fluid actuator asymmetrically located within at least two of the at least four interconnected microfluidic channels such that at least two of the at least four interconnected microfluidic channels may be activated to a fluid inputting state, a fluid outputting state and a fluid blocking state in response to selective actuation of different combinations of fluid actuators of the set.
A microfluidic device comprising:
- a substrate;
- at least four interconnected microfluidic channels supported by the substrate;
- and
- a set of fluid actuators supported by the substrate and comprising a fluid actuator asymmetrically located within at least two of the at least four interconnected microfluidic channels;
- and
- a controller in communication with the set of fluid actuators, the controller to selectively actuate different combinations of fluid actuators of the set of fluid actuators to activate each of the at least four interconnected microfluidic channels between a fluid inputting state, a fluid outputting state and a fluid blocking.
A method comprising:
- receiving fluid in at least four interconnected microfluidic channels of a microfluidic device;
- and
- selectively activating individual asymmetrically located fluid actuators within the at least four interconnected microfluidic channels to selectively activate individual microfluidic channels of the at least four interconnected microfluidic channels between a fluid inputting state, a fluid outputting state and a fluid blocking state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.