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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Huan Hu, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Oki Gunawan, Westwood, NJ (US);
Ning Li, White Plains, NY (US);
Devendra K. Sadana, Pleasantville, NY (US);
Joshua T. Smith, Croton-on-Hudson, NY (US);
William T. Spratt, Ossining, NY (US);
Yann Astier, Livermore, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided where fluid, such as a blood sample, is entered into a microfluidic channel in a microchip where the microfluidic channel possesses a micro/nanopillar array for sorting molecules by size. When the fluid passes through the micro/nanopillar array it is separated into particles of interest or particles not of interest or both. When particles of interest are lit by a light source via a first waveguide in the microchip connecting the light source to the microfluidic channel, then lighted particles of interest can be detected by an optical detector via a second waveguide in the microchip connecting the optical detector to the microfluidic channel. The information from the optical detector can be analyzed further by connecting the microchip to a mobile computing device with its own processing abilities or abilities via the internet or cloud.