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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2000
Yung-Chiang Chung, Chutung, Hsinchu, TW;
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
An order-changing microfluid mixer comprises an extended microfluidic channel and a chamber structure that provides order-changing functions to microfluid when the microfluid passes through the chanter structure. The order-changing chamber has two openings connected to said microfluidic channel and divides said microfluidic channel into two sections. When a microfluid is driven from one section of the microfluidic channel to the other, the microfluid enters into the order-changing chamber and flows along a first side of the order-changing chamber, whereby portions of the microfluid positioned adjacent to the second side of the order-changing chamber remain unmoved. When a microfluid is driven from the other section of the microfluidic channel to the one section, the microfluid flows along the second side of the order-changing chamber, whereby portions of the microfluid positioned adjacent to the second side of the order-changing chamber are driven to the first terminal of the microfluidic channel, and portions of the microfluid positioned adjacent to the first side of the order-changing chamber stays unmoved. By driving the microfluid back and forth in the microfluidic channel, spatial orders of the microfluid may be changed as desired.