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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2004
Howard A. Stone, Brookline, MA (US);
Shelley L. Anna, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Nathalie Bontoux, Cagnes sur Mer, FR;
Darren R. Link, Cambridge, MA (US);
David A. Weitz, Bolton, MA (US);
Irina Gitlin, Brookline, MA (US);
Eugenia Kumacheva, Toronto, CA;
Piotr Garstecki, Cambridge, MA (US);
Willow Diluzio, Westford, MA (US);
George M. Whitesides, Newton, MA (US);
Howard A. Stone, Brookline, MA (US);
Shelley L. Anna, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Nathalie Bontoux, Cagnes sur Mer, FR;
Darren R. Link, Cambridge, MA (US);
David A. Weitz, Bolton, MA (US);
Irina Gitlin, Brookline, MA (US);
Eugenia Kumacheva, Toronto, CA;
Piotr Garstecki, Cambridge, MA (US);
Willow Diluzio, Westford, MA (US);
George M. Whitesides, Newton, MA (US);
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
Governing Council of the Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, CA;
Abstract
A microfluidic method and device for focusing and/or forming discontinuous sections of similar or dissimilar size in a fluid is provided. The device can be fabricated simply from readily-available, inexpensive material using simple techniques.