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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
May. 23, 2012
John S. Foster, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Daryl W. Grummitt, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
John C. Harley, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
James P. Linton, San Diego, CA (US);
Jaquelin K. Spong, Falls Church, VA (US);
Douglas L. Thompson, Goleta, CA (US);
John S. Foster, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Daryl W. Grummitt, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
John C. Harley, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
James P. Linton, San Diego, CA (US);
Jaquelin K. Spong, Falls Church, VA (US);
Douglas L. Thompson, Goleta, CA (US);
Innovative Micro Technology, Goleta, CA (US);
Abstract
A disposable cartridge is described which is equipped with a plurality of microfabricated particle sorting structures. The disposable cartridge may include passageways which connect fluid reservoirs in the cartridge with corresponding microfluidic passageways on the particle sorting structure. A flexible gasket may prevent leakages and allow the fluid to cross the gasket barrier through a plurality of holes in the gasket, allowing fluid to be transferred from the reservoirs to the microfabricated particle sorting structures. The plurality of particle sorting structures may be arranged in the disposable cartridge in order to perform multiple separation operations, such as a sequential or parallel sorting operation.