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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2019
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Jaione Tirapu Azpiroz, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Peter William Bryant, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Rodrigo Neumann Barros Ferreira, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Ronaldo Giro, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Ricardo Luis Ohta, Sao Paulo, BR;
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B81B 1/00 (2006.01); B81C 1/00 (2006.01); B81B 7/04 (2006.01); F16B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/502746 (2013.01); B01L 3/502707 (2013.01); B01L 3/502715 (2013.01); B81B 1/006 (2013.01); B81C 1/00111 (2013.01); B01L 3/502761 (2013.01); B01L 2200/06 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0652 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0668 (2013.01); B01L 2200/12 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0645 (2013.01); B01L 2300/123 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0661 (2013.01); B01L 2400/082 (2013.01); B01L 2400/086 (2013.01); B81B 2201/058 (2013.01); B81B 2203/0361 (2013.01); F16B 1/0014 (2013.01);
Abstract
A microfluidic device, including a controllable shape-changing micropillar where a shape of the shape-changing micropillar is changed by a fluid.