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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2012
Applicant:
Board of Governors for Higher Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Providence, RI (US);
Inventors:
Hong Chen, South Kingstown, RI (US);
Constantine Anagnostopoulos, North Kingstown, RI (US);
Mohammed Faghri, East Greenwich, RI (US);
Jeremy Cogswell, Johnston, RI (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B05D 5/00 (2006.01); C12N 11/00 (2006.01); F16K 99/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/502707 (2013.01); B01L 3/502738 (2013.01); F16K 99/0017 (2013.01); F16K 99/0021 (2013.01); B01L 2300/089 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0621 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0816 (2013.01); B01L 2300/126 (2013.01); B01L 2300/165 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0406 (2013.01); B01K 2400/0688 (2013.01); F16K 2099/0084 (2013.01);
Abstract
A microfluidic valve system is disclosed that includes a matrix, a hydrophilic acceptor region a hydrophilic transfer region, and a hydrophobic gap between the acceptor region and the transfer region.