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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2001
Applicants:
Sebastian Böhm, Bloemendaal, NL;
John Gilbert, Brookline, MA (US);
Inventors:
Sebastian Böhm, Bloemendaal, NL;
John Gilbert, Brookline, MA (US);
Assignee:
Cytonome, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/02 (2006.01); B01L 11/00 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 27/04 (2006.01); B32B 27/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fluid interface port in a microfluidic system and a method of forming the fluid interface port is provided. The fluid interface port comprises an opening formed in the side wall of a microchannel sized and dimensioned to form a virtual wall when the microchannel is filled with a first liquid. The fluid interface port is utilized to fill the microchannel with a first liquid, to introduce a second liquid into the first liquid and to eject fluid from the microchannel.