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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2010
Applicants:
Katja Friedrich, Nürnberg, DE;
Walter Gumbrecht, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Peter Paulicka, Röttenbach, DE;
Inventors:
Katja Friedrich, Nürnberg, DE;
Walter Gumbrecht, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Peter Paulicka, Röttenbach, DE;
Assignee:
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 11/065 (2006.01); F16K 31/524 (2006.01); F16K 99/00 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/10 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 99/0001 (2013.01); B01L 3/502738 (2013.01); F16K 11/065 (2013.01); F16K 99/0015 (2013.01); F16K 99/0042 (2013.01); G01N 35/1097 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0816 (2013.01); B01L 2300/123 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0655 (2013.01); F16K 2099/008 (2013.01); F16K 2099/0084 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00158 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00237 (2013.01); Y10T 137/0396 (2015.04);
Abstract
An array of valves are arranged in n columns and m lines and which are each designed to control a fluid flow in an associated flow channel in a lab-on-a-chip system. The array includes at least two valves, every column having not more than one valve and every line having from zero to n valves. A device is used for actuating the valves. The valves are pressure-actuated. To produce the device, the flow channels are arranged in accordance with the arrangement of the valves.