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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Richard Li-chern Pan, Taipei, TW;
Fan-gang Tseng, Hsinchu, TW;
Jen-kuei Wu, Hsinchu, TW;
Peng-chun Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Richard Li-Chern Pan, Taipei, TW;
Fan-Gang Tseng, Hsinchu, TW;
Jen-Kuei Wu, Hsinchu, TW;
Peng-Chun Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY, Hsinchu, TW;
TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, Taipei, TW;
Abstract
This invention relates to microfluidic chips for and their applications in acquiring sperms with high velocity and/or motility. The microfluidic chip comprises an inlet region, a first flow channel, a divergent channel, an optional block structure with rounded corners and one or more outlet region(s). The invention mimics sperm activation process in body and designs a microfluidic chip mimicking the activation process so that higher amount of populations and/or subpopulations of sperms with high motility can be acquired.