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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2006
Applicants:
Per Andersson, Uppsala, SE;
Gunnar Ekstrand, Uppsala, SE;
Gerald Jesson, Enköping, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Gyros AB, Uppsala, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A microfluidic device () comprising a hydrophilic microchannel structure () in which there is a functional unit that comprises a microconduit I () in which there is an inlet end (), an outlet end (), and a capillary stop function I () in the form of a local non-wettable surface area (). The capillary stop function () defines a segment of microconduit I (). Microconduit I () is within at least a part of this segment () divided into two or more microchannels (). A part of the non-wettable surface area () is associated with an inner wall of each of the microchannels ().