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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2013
Applicant:
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Guy Thompson, Watertown, MA (US);
Daniel Levner, Boston, MA (US);
Christopher David Hinojosa, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01); F04B 43/12 (2006.01); F04B 19/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/50 (2006.01); C12Q 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/50273 (2013.01); F04B 19/006 (2013.01); F04B 43/12 (2013.01); B01L 2200/025 (2013.01); B01L 2200/027 (2013.01); B01L 2200/10 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0848 (2013.01); B01L 2300/123 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0481 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0655 (2013.01); B01L 2400/082 (2013.01); C12Q 1/00 (2013.01); G01N 33/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described herein are fluid-flow control devices for transferring a fluid from a place to another and/or controlling a fluid flow. In some embodiments, fluid-flow control devices described herein can be used as pumping devices to transfer a fluid by peristaltic motion and/or as valve devices to control fluid flow for various applications, e.g., in a microfluidic platform.