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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2006
Applicants:
Per Ove Öhman, Uppsala, SE;
Ib Mendel-hartvig, Uppsala, SE;
Inventors:
Per Ove Öhman, Uppsala, SE;
Ib Mendel-Hartvig, Uppsala, SE;
Assignee:
Johnson & Johnson AB, , SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/38 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/5025 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0816 (2013.01);
Abstract
An absorbing zone for establishing and/or maintaining fluid transport through or along at least one fluid passage is manufactured on the basis of a non-porous substrate having a surface, the non-porous substrate having projections substantially perpendicular to the surface, and the projections having a height, diameter and a distance or distances between the projections such, that lateral capillary flow of the fluid in the zone is achieved.