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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2016
Applicant:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Inventors:
Pei-Yu E. Chiou, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Ting-Hsiang S. Wu, Culver City, CA (US);
Michael A. Teitell, Tarzana, CA (US);
Assignee:
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/10 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); F16K 99/00 (2006.01); G01N 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/502761 (2013.01); B01L 3/502738 (2013.01); F16K 99/0001 (2013.01); F16K 99/004 (2013.01); F16K 99/0026 (2013.01); F16K 99/0028 (2013.01); F16K 99/0061 (2013.01); G01N 15/1459 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0636 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0652 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0816 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0864 (2013.01); B01L 2300/123 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0442 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0454 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0622 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0655 (2013.01); F16K 2099/0084 (2013.01); G01N 2015/149 (2013.01); Y10T 137/0391 (2015.04); Y10T 137/2224 (2015.04);
Abstract
In certain embodiments this invention provides a pulsed-laser triggered microfluidic switching mechanism that can achieve a switching time of 70 μs. This switching speed is two orders of magnitude shorter than that of the fastest switching mechanism utilized in previous μFACS.