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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2009
Jean-maxime Roux, Grenoble, FR;
Raymond Campagnolo, Grenoble, FR;
Jean-Maxime Roux, Grenoble, FR;
Raymond Campagnolo, Grenoble, FR;
Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Paris, FR;
Abstract
The invention concerns a microfluidic device for the controlled movement of liquid. The controlled-movement device according to the invention comprises a microchannel () filled with a first liquid (F) and a fluid (F) forming a first interface (I) with the first liquid (F), or forming a first interface (I) with the first liquid (F) and a second interface (I) with a second liquid (F) situated downstream of said fluid (F), and means of moving the first liquid (F) by electrowetting. A control system is provided for controlling the movement of the first liquid (F) according to the position of an interface (I, 1) of the fluid (F).