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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2019
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US);
David K. Schaffer, Nashville, TN (US);
Dmitry A. Markov, Nashville, TN (US);
Ronald S. Reiserer, Nashville, TN (US);
Lisa McCawley, Nashville, TN (US);
Michael Geuy, Nashville, TN (US);
Clayton M. Britt, Franklin, KY (US);
John P. Wikswo, Brentwood, TN (US);
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
In one aspect of the invention, the fluidic device includes a fluidic chip includes a body having a first surface and an opposite, second surface, one or more channels formed in the body in fluidic communications with input ports and output ports for transferring one or more fluids between the input ports and the output ports, and a fluidic chip registration means formed on the first surface for aligning the fluidic chip with a support structure; and an actuator configured to engage with the one or more channels at the second surface of the body for selectively and individually transferring the one or more fluids through the one or more channels from at least one of the input ports to at least one of the output ports at desired flowrates.