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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2002
Shuichi Takayama, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Joseph Chang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Dongeun Huh, Stanford, CA (US);
Xiaoyue Zhu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Brenda Cho, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Gary D. Smith, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Shuichi Takayama, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Joseph Chang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Dongeun Huh, Stanford, CA (US);
Xiaoyue Zhu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Brenda Cho, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Gary D. Smith, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A microfluidic system employs a microchannel and a gravity driven pump comprising horizontally oriented fluid supply reservoirs which supplies fluid to the microchannel at a substantially constant rate. The device is useful for numerous microfluidic applications, for example in the culture and/or treatment of biological systems under constant flow-induced stress, cell-size sorting, motile sperm sorting, or embryo culture.