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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2005
Applicants:
Christian Dechant, Bochum, DE;
Klaus Kadel, Witten, DE;
Gert Blankenstein, Dortmund, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Boehringer Ingelheim microParts GmbH, Dortmund, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device and a plurality of microfluidic platforms for taking up and especially studying or manipulating a sample liquid, a measuring instrument for use with the device and platforms, and a process for performing the studying or manipulating of the sample liquid. Very simple, hygienic and user-friendly handling is enabled in that the platforms which are connected to one another in a sealed state and can each be individually separated and individually, preferably simultaneously, opened for taking up of a sample, such as blood, for, e.g., performing a glucose determination.