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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2010
Ahmed Mohamed Eid Amin, Wheeling, IL (US);
Han-sheng Chuang, Taipei, TW;
Steven T. Wereley, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Mithuna Shamabhat Thottethodi, Bellevue, WA (US);
Terani Nadadoor Vijaykumar, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Stephen C. Jacobson, Bloomington, IN (US);
Ahmed Mohamed Eid Amin, Wheeling, IL (US);
Han-Sheng Chuang, Taipei, TW;
Steven T. Wereley, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Mithuna Shamabhat Thottethodi, Bellevue, WA (US);
Terani Nadadoor Vijaykumar, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Stephen C. Jacobson, Bloomington, IN (US);
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Abstract
A microfluidic arrangement including a fluid channel configured to receive a first fluid from a first inlet and a second fluid from a second inlet, and a mixer connected to the fluid channel, the mixer including a mixer channel configured to receive a volume of the first fluid and a volume of the second fluid from the fluid channel, the mixer channel defining a mixer capacity, wherein the mixer is (i) configured to mix the volume of the first fluid and the volume of the second fluid in order to provide a mixture of the first fluid and the second fluid when the combined volume of the first fluid and the second fluid is less than the mixer capacity, and (ii) further configured to mix the volume of the first fluid and the volume of the second fluid in order to provide a mixture of the first fluid and the second fluid when the combined volume of the first fluid and the second fluid is equal to the mixer capacity.