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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 16, 2012
Applicants:

Howard A. Stone, Princeton, NJ (US);

Shelley L. Anna, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Nathalie Bontoux, Cagnes sur Mer, FR;

Darren Roy Link, Lexington, MA (US);

David A. Weitz, Bolton, MA (US);

Irina Gitlin, Brookline, MA (US);

Eugenia Kumacheva, Toronto, CA;

Piotr Garstecki, Brwinow, PL;

Willow R. Diluzio, Westford, MA (US);

George M. Whitesides, Newton, MA (US);

Inventors:

Howard A. Stone, Princeton, NJ (US);

Shelley L. Anna, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Nathalie Bontoux, Cagnes sur Mer, FR;

Darren Roy Link, Lexington, MA (US);

David A. Weitz, Bolton, MA (US);

Irina Gitlin, Brookline, MA (US);

Eugenia Kumacheva, Toronto, CA;

Piotr Garstecki, Brwinow, PL;

Willow R. Diluzio, Westford, MA (US);

George M. Whitesides, Newton, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B01F 3/08 (2006.01); B01F 5/06 (2006.01); B01F 13/00 (2006.01); B05B 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/5027 (2013.01); B01F 3/0807 (2013.01); B01F 5/0682 (2013.01); B01F 5/0688 (2013.01); B01F 13/0062 (2013.01); B05B 7/0408 (2013.01); B05B 7/0416 (2013.01); B05B 7/0441 (2013.01); B01F 2215/0431 (2013.01); B01F 2215/045 (2013.01); Y10S 516/924 (2013.01); Y10S 516/927 (2013.01);
Abstract

A microfluidic method and device for focusing and/or forming discontinuous sections of similar or dissimilar size in a fluid is provided. The device can be fabricated simply from readily-available, inexpensive material using simple techniques.


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