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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2018
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc, Cambridge, MA (US);
Jason Oliver Fiering, Boston, MA (US);
Hoi-Cheong Steve Sun, Tampa, FL (US);
THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure describes a system and method for microfluidic separation. More particularly, the disclosure describes a system and method for the purification of a fluid by the removal of undesired particles. The device includes microfluidic separation channels that include multiple outlets. The device also includes isolation slots positioned between each of the microfluidic separation channels. The device's base includes multiple acoustic transducers which in some implementations are configured to protrude into the isolation slots. The acoustic transducers are configured to generate aggregation axes within the separation channels, which are used to separate out undesired particles.