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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2012
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);
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);
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
The Governing Council of the Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, CA;
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.