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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2003
Applicants:
David Anthony Barrow, Cardiff, GB;
Nicola Harries, Cardiff, GB;
Tyrone Gwyn Jones, Mid Glamorgan, GB;
Kostas Bouris, Cardiff, GB;
Inventors:
David Anthony Barrow, Cardiff, GB;
Nicola Harries, Cardiff, GB;
Tyrone Gwyn Jones, Mid Glamorgan, GB;
Kostas Bouris, Cardiff, GB;
Assignee:
Q Chip Limited, Cardiff, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F15B 21/04 (2006.01); F15C 1/06 (2006.01); F16L 41/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A microfluidic device comprises first and second inlet passages () for respective immiscible fluids, these inlet passages merging into a third passage () along which the two fluids flow under parallel laminar flow conditions, the third passage being formed with a constriction or other discontinuity () causing the two fluids to form into a flow of alternate segments.