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Patent No.:

US 11446665 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 09, 2020

Hydrodynamic focusing apparatus and methods

Applicant:

Cytonome/st, Llc, Bedford, MA (US);

Inventors:

Erin Koksal, Cambridge, MA (US);

Johnathan Charles Sharpe, Hamilton, NZ;

Kristopher Scott Buchanan, Fort Collins, CO (US);

Blair D. Morad, Ipswich, MA (US);

Assignee:

CYTONOME/ST, LLC, Bedford, MA (US);

Attorney:

McCarter & English, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Atif H Chaudry

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 15/14 (2006.01); B01F 33/3011 (2022.01); F17D 1/08 (2006.01); F17D 5/00 (2006.01); F16K 99/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/502776 (2013.01); B01F 33/3011 (2022.01); F17D 1/08 (2013.01); F17D 5/00 (2013.01); G01N 15/1404 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0636 (2013.01); F16K 2099/008 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1409 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1411 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1413 (2013.01); Y10T 137/2076 (2015.04); Y10T 137/8359 (2015.04);
Abstract

A microfluidic chip having a micro channel for processing a sample is provided. The micro channel may focus the sample by using focusing fluid and a core stream forming geometry. The core stream forming geometry may include a lateral fluid focusing component and one or more vertical fluid focusing components. A microfluidic chip may include a plurality micro channels operating in parallel on a microfluidic chip.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Koksal, Erin. (2022). Hydrodynamic focusing apparatus and methods (U.S. Patent No. 11446665). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11446665

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