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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2010
Applicant:
Tahua Yang, Woodridge, IL (US);
Inventor:
Tahua Yang, Woodridge, IL (US);
Assignee:
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/48 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A microfluidic device having a flow channel comprising a hydrophobic membrane to improve control of flow and control of processing conditions in the flow channel, and to improve the removal of gas bubbles from the flow channel of the microfluidic device. In addition, the invention enables the process controls of the microfluidic device to know when gas bubbles have been removed, so that the next step in the process can be carried out.