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Vortex Biosciences, Inc.

Michael Lee Kochersperger

Bruce J Richardson

Reid Burton Kowallis

Andrew A Pham

Michael Boyce-Jacino

Elodie Sollier

James Che

Anna Passernig

Insang Choi

Anatasia Neddersen

Kuo-Wei Huang

Robert F Englert

Microfluidic chips and cartridges and systems that include such chips are disclosed. In some embodiments, the chips include a microfluidic channel disposed in a substrate with the channel comprising at least one expansion region. The channel is configured to generate a vortex within the at least one expansion region in response to fluid through the microfluidic channel to trap cells or particles. The substrate in which the channel is formed may be relatively rigid to resist deformation.

Microfluidic chips and cartridges and systems utilizing microfluidic chips and cartridges

A syringe pump particularly adapted for delivery of small volumes at a high pressure in an accurate and reproducible manner. The syringe pump includes a frame, a motor attached to the frame, and a lead screw drivably connected to the motor. A cover seal is mounted to the front end of the lead screw, the cover seal having grooves formed therein to facilitate mounting and demounting of the cover seal. The pump further includes a cylindrical barrel within which the cover seal reciprocates, the barrel being made of a ceramic material, wherein the barrel is fixedly attached to the frame at the front end and floatably mounted to the frame at the back end. A barrel head is mounted to the front end of the barrel for closing off that end of the barrel, the barrel head including an outlet port for allowing fluid to enter and exit the barrel. In addition, the present invention includes a multi-syringe gradient syringe pump, a liquid chromatography system, a cover seal, and a mixer for mixing multiple flow streams.

High-pressure micro-volume syringe pump

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Princeton, NJ, United States of America

Michael Lee Kochersperger