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US 9,314,791 B2Granted
Microfluidic system
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJi Tae Kim, Gyoung Soo Kim, Seok Jung Hyun, Guei Sam Lim, Youn Jae Lee
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Abstract
Disclosed is a micro-fluidic system including a lower substrate, an upper substrate formed opposite to the lower substrate and formed with an air injection path, and a micro-fluidic device interposed between the upper and lower substrates, wherein the micro-fluidic chamber includes a fluid chamber filled with a fluid and the fluidic chamber is physically connected to the air injection path.
Claims10
A micro-fluidic system, the system comprising:
- a lower substrate;
- an upper substrate opposite to the lower substrate, the upper substrate including a first air injection path;
- and
- a micro-fluidic device interposed between the upper and lower substrates, the micro-fluidic device including a fluidic chamber filled with a fluid and a second air injection path corresponding to the first air injection path,
- wherein the second air injection path includes a first groove on the micro-fluidic device,
- wherein the first air injection path includes a second groove opposite to the first groove, and an air injection pipe is positioned through the second groove,
- wherein a coil spring is disposed on a side surface of the air injection pipe,
- wherein an O-ring is secured to a support unit, disposed at a distal end of the air injection pipe, configured to move with the support unit throughout displacement of the support unit and to block the first groove on the micro-fluidic device, and the size of the O-ring corresponds to that of the first groove, such that a maximum radial extent of the O-ring sits within the first groove,
- wherein the support unit is disposed on the O-ring and the support unit contacts with the O-ring, and
- wherein the fluidic chamber has a reaction region including at least one electrode which detects a degree of reaction with the fluid.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.