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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2006
Applicants:
Armand Ajdari, Paris, FR;
Galder Cristobal, Bordeaux, FR;
Mathieu Joanicot, Chatenay-Malabry, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Rhodia Chimie, Aubervilliers, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/02 (2006.01); B01D 17/00 (2006.01); F15D 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A microfluidic flow device includes at least one flow channel flowing into a branch point, to which at least two branched channels are connected, and at least one linking channel interconnecting the two branched channels. The linking channel flows into each branched channel at a short-circuit point which is preferably located at less than half of the length of each branched channel.