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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2007
Xiaosheng Guan, Beijing, CN;
Min Guo, Beijing, CN;
Cheng Zhou, Beijing, CN;
Yuming HU, Beijing, CN;
Jing Cheng, Beijing, CN;
Xiaosheng Guan, Beijing, CN;
Min Guo, Beijing, CN;
Cheng Zhou, Beijing, CN;
Yuming Hu, Beijing, CN;
Jing Cheng, Beijing, CN;
Capitalbio Corporation, Beijing, CN;
Tsinghua University, Beijing, CN;
Abstract
The present invention provides a device for handling fluids, and more particularly a merging apparatus for fluidic and microfluidic devices utilizing passive valving in conjunction with a single sensor to uniformly blend contributory working fluid streams. Symmetric and non symmetric embodiments with and without branch channels are described. The present invention also provides methods for merging liquids using the device of the invention.