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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/30 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/48 (2006.01); B32B 3/02 (2006.01); G01N 15/14 (2006.01); G01N 33/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/502707 (2013.01); B01L 3/502715 (2013.01); B01L 3/502723 (2013.01); B01L 3/50273 (2013.01); B01L 3/502746 (2013.01); B01L 3/502761 (2013.01); B01L 2200/027 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0684 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0816 (2013.01); B01L 2300/1827 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0406 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0481 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0487 (2013.01); G01N 15/147 (2013.01); G01N 15/1484 (2013.01); G01N 33/5008 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a microfluidic device which is molded with a die and has a specimen inlet part. The microfluidic device has the specimen inlet part. The specimen inlet part has an inlet channel for introducing a specimen into the flow channel, wherein the inlet channel has a diameter which continuously and gradually increases as the inlet channel approaches the flow channel, or has a diameter which is constant in the vicinity of an inlet port and then continuously and gradually increases as the inlet channel approaches the flow channel.