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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2013
Applicant:
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US);
Inventors:
Frank E. Block, III, Nashville, TN (US);
Philip C. Samson, Nashville, TN (US);
John P. Wikswo, Brentwood, TN (US);
Assignee:
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, Nashville, TN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 11/16 (2006.01); F04B 43/12 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); C12M 3/00 (2006.01); C12M 3/06 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 11/163 (2013.01); B01L 3/50273 (2013.01); C12M 21/08 (2013.01); C12M 23/16 (2013.01); C12M 23/44 (2013.01); C12M 23/52 (2013.01); C12M 29/00 (2013.01); C12M 29/10 (2013.01); C12M 29/20 (2013.01); F04B 43/12 (2013.01); F04B 43/1269 (2013.01); F04B 43/1292 (2013.01); B01L 2200/028 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0684 (2013.01); B01L 2200/10 (2013.01); B01L 2200/18 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0819 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0867 (2013.01); B01L 2300/123 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0644 (2013.01);
Abstract
A normally closed valve includes a plurality of fluid channels in fluid communication with each other, defined in a flexible base such that when a fluid channel is compressed, a fluid flow through the fluid channel is occluded, otherwise, the fluid flow through the fluid channel is unoccluded; and means for selectively compressing or uncompressing a desired fluid channel.