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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2011
Tae-seok Sim, Seoul, KR;
Jeong-gun Lee, Seoul, KR;
Hyo-il Jung, Seoul, KR;
Ki-ho Kwon, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A device separating target particles in a fluid sample includes first through third multi-orifice flow fractionation ('MOFF') channels, each including a multi-orifice segment with an inlet and an outlet at opposite ends, and an alternating series of contraction channels and expansion chambers interconnected in a lengthwise direction; a first separation unit including a first separation channel which is interconnected in fluid communication with a center region of the outlet of the first MOFF channel, and first branch channels which are interconnected in fluid communication with sidewall regions of the outlet of the first MOFF channel, and respectively with inlets of the second and third MOFF channels; and buffer inlets which are connected to the inlets of the second and third MOFF channels and through which a buffer flows into the second and third MOFF channels.