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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2015
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Elizabeth Jennings Smythe, Cambridge, MA (US);
Christopher Harrison, Auburndale, MA (US);
John Meier, Boston, MA (US);
Matthew Sullivan, Westwood, MA (US);
Shunsuke Fukagawa, Arlington, MA (US);
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for characterizing a fluid provide for flowing a sample fluid through a microfluidic flow line in a first direction and into contact with a microfluidic sensor, measuring a property of the fluid sample using the microfluidic sensor; and after measuring the property of the fluid sample, flushing the microfluidic sensor by flowing a solvent through the microfluidic flow line in a second direction that is opposite the first direction.