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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2016
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Shuichi Takayama, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Gary D. Smith, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Timothy G. Schuster, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Brenda S. Cho, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
Motile particles are sorted from non-motile particles in a microfluidic sorting device wherein a stream of sort fluid containing motile and non-motile particles is caused to flow adjacent a media stream in non-turbulent fashion through a sort channel, during which flow motile particles cross the interface between the adjacent flow streams, entering the media stream, and forming a motile particle-depleted sort stream. The sorting devices are easily and inexpensively fabricated and have numerous uses, in particular sorting of motile from non-motile sperm.