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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
May. 04, 2015
Applicant:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Inventors:
Douglas Weibel, Madison, WI (US);
Nathaniel James Cira, Cedarburg, WI (US);
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/543 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/502715 (2013.01); B01L 3/5027 (2013.01); B01L 3/50273 (2013.01); G01N 33/54386 (2013.01); B01L 3/502707 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0642 (2013.01); B01L 2200/10 (2013.01); B01L 2200/16 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0816 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0864 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0887 (2013.01); B01L 2300/12 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0406 (2013.01); B01L 2400/049 (2013.01); Y10T 436/143333 (2015.01); Y10T 436/25 (2015.01);
Abstract
Microfluidic devices and methods for conducting chemical assays and biological assays using microfluidic devices are disclosed. The microfluidic devices do not require external connections, tethers, tubing, valves and actuators. The microfluidic devices are useful in methods for analyzing a wide variety of chemical and biological assays such as, for example, molecule-molecule interactions, enzyme-substrate interactions, molecule identification, minimum inhibitory concentrations, therapeutically effective amounts, and toxic amounts.