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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2016
Applicant:
The University of North Carolina AT Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Inventors:
John Michael Ramsey, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
William Hampton Henley, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Joseph Carl Gaiteri, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Assignee:
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 99/00 (2006.01); B01L 7/00 (2006.01); C07K 14/21 (2006.01); C07K 14/195 (2006.01); C07K 14/27 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); C12N 15/115 (2010.01); G01N 1/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 7/50 (2013.01); B01L 3/502738 (2013.01); C07K 14/195 (2013.01); C07K 14/21 (2013.01); C07K 14/27 (2013.01); C12N 15/115 (2013.01); F16K 99/0032 (2013.01); F16K 99/0036 (2013.01); F16K 99/0044 (2013.01); G01N 1/42 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0816 (2013.01); B01L 2300/1894 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0677 (2013.01); C12N 2310/16 (2013.01); F16K 2099/0084 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide fluidic devices such as, but not limited to, microfluidic chips, with one or more freeze thaw valves (FTVs) employing one or more ice-nucleating agents (INAs), that can reliably operate to freeze at relatively higher temperatures and/or at faster rates than conventional microfluidic devices with FTV systems.