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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2006
Jacob Marinus Jan Den Toonder, Eindhoven, NL;
Menno Willem Jose Prins, Eindhoven, NL;
Hendrik Roelof Stapert, Eindhoven, NL;
Dirk Jan Broer, Eindhoven, NL;
Jacob Marinus Jan Den Toonder, Eindhoven, NL;
Menno Willem Jose Prins, Eindhoven, NL;
Hendrik Roelof Stapert, Eindhoven, NL;
Dirk Jan Broer, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention provides micro-fluidic systems, a method for the manufacturing of such a micro-fluidic system and a method for controlling or manipulating a fluid flow through micro-channels of a such a micro-fluidic system. Herefore, an inner side of a wall of a microchannel is provided with actuator elements which can change shape and orientation as a response to an external stimulus. Through this change of shape and orientation the flow of a fluid through a microchannel may be controlled and manipulated.