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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2013
Applicant:

Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, SG;

Inventors:

Jackie Y. Ying, Singapore, SG;

Saravana Kumar Kumarasamy, Singapore, SG;

Rensheng Deng, Singapore, SG;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/689 (2018.01); C12Q 1/686 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/502746 (2013.01); B01L 3/502738 (2013.01); C12Q 1/686 (2013.01); C12Q 1/689 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0642 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0647 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0636 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0803 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0864 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0867 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0893 (2013.01); B01L 2300/18 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0487 (2013.01); B01L 2400/06 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0677 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0688 (2013.01); B01L 2400/084 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is provided a microfluidic device comprising: a plurality of wells, each well having an inlet and an outlet, wherein the inlets are in fluid communication with one or more entry channels and the outlets are in fluid communication with one or more exit channels, wherein said outlet is connected to the exit channel via an outlet connecting channel and said inlet is connected to the entry channel via an inlet connecting channel wherein the dimension of the outlet connecting channel is configured such that the surface tension of a liquid comprised in the well prevents the release of the liquid through the outlet connecting channel. There is also provided a system, method and use of the device.


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