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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2016
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Jeffrey A Nielsen, Corvallis, OR (US);
Manish Giri, Corvallis, OR (US);
Chantelle Domingue, Corvallis, OR (US);
Kenneth Ward, Corvallis, OR (US);
Christie Dudenhoefer, Corvallis, OR (US);
Matthew David Smith, Corvallis, OR (US);
Joshua M. Yu, Corvallis, OR (US);
Hilary Ely, Corvallis, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
According to an example, a microfluidic apparatus may include a fluid slot, a foyer in fluid communication with the fluid slot via a channel having a relatively smaller width than the foyer, a sensor to detect a presence of a particle of interest in a fluid passing through the channel, a nozzle in fluid communication with the foyer, and an actuator positioned in line with the nozzle. The microfluidic apparatus may also include a controller to receive information from the sensor, determine, from the received information, whether a particle of interest has passed through the channel, and control the actuator to expel fluid in the foyer through the nozzle based upon the determination.