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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2017
Applicant:
Opko Diagnostics, Llc, Woburn, MA (US);
Inventors:
Vincent Linder, Tewksbury, MA (US);
David Steinmiller, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
OPKO Diagnostics, LLC, Woburn, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/502746 (2013.01); B01L 3/502784 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0673 (2013.01); B01L 2200/12 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0487 (2013.01); B01L 2400/082 (2013.01); B01L 2400/084 (2013.01); Y10T 137/0318 (2015.04); Y10T 137/0324 (2015.04);
Abstract
Microfluidic systems and methods including those that provide control of fluid flow are provided. Such systems and methods can be used, for example, to control pressure-driven flow based on the influence of channel geometry and the viscosity of one or more fluids inside the system.