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US 2021/0010606 A1Published application
Chip, mixing device, and mixing method
AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorsYoshihisa USAMI, Yasuyuki ISHII, Yuki INOUE, Aya OUCHI
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Abstract
A chip includes a first chamber that stores a fluid, a second chamber that stores a mixing target which is to be mixed with the fluid, a flow path that allows a communication between the first chamber and the second chamber, and a valve that is provided in the flow path and capable of changing the flow path by change in shape by heating.
Claims17
A chip comprising:
- a first chamber that stores a fluid;
- a second chamber that stores a mixing target which is to be mixed with the fluid;
- a flow path that allows a communication between the first chamber and the second chamber;
- and
- a valve that is provided in the flow path and capable of changing the flow path by change in shape by heating.
2 more elements
A mixing method comprising:
- a first step of heating a valve provided in a flow path that allows a communication between a first chamber and a second chamber, and changing a shape of the valve to open the flow path;
- and
- a second step of moving the fluid stored in the first chamber to the second chamber in which a mixing target is stored.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.