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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2018
University of Washington, Seattle, WA (US);
Joshua Bishop, Seattle, WA (US);
Joshua Buser, Seattle, WA (US);
Samantha Byrnes, Seattle, WA (US);
Shivani Dharmaraja, Seattle, WA (US);
Elain S. Fu, Seattle, WA (US);
Jared Houghtaling, Seattle, WA (US);
Peter C. Kauffman, Seattle, WA (US);
Sujatha Kumar, Seattle, WA (US);
Lisa Lafleur, Seattle, WA (US);
Tinny Liang, Seattle, WA (US);
Barry Lutz, Seattle, WA (US);
Bhushan Toley, Seattle, WA (US);
Maxwell Wheeler, Seattle, WA (US);
Paul Yager, Seattle, WA (US);
Xiaohong Zhang, Seattle, WA (US);
University of Washington, Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
The present technology is directed to capillarity-based devices for performing chemical processes and associated system and methods. In one embodiment, for example, a device can include a porous receiving element having an input region and a receiving region, a first fluid source and a second fluid source positioned within the input region of the receiving element; wherein the first fluid source is positioned between the second fluid source and the receiving region, and wherein, when both the first and second fluid sources are in fluid connection with the input region, the device is configured to sequentially deliver the first fluid and the second fluid to the receiving region without leakage.