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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Technion Research and Development Foundation Ltd., Haifa, IL;
Inventors:
Shulamit Levenberg, Haifa, IL;
Jonathan Shemesh, Sydney, AU;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 1/30 (2006.01); G01N 1/18 (2006.01); C40B 50/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/502723 (2013.01); B01L 3/5027 (2013.01); G01N 1/30 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0605 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0673 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0694 (2013.01); B01L 2200/16 (2013.01); B01L 2300/048 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0816 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0864 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0896 (2013.01); B01L 2300/12 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0406 (2013.01); G01N 1/18 (2013.01); Y10T 436/2575 (2015.01);
Abstract
A microfluidic device includes a platform with a microstructure. The microstructure include a primary channel and a plurality of chambers that open to the primary channel to enable a sample fluid that is loaded into the device via the primary channel to flow into the chambers. Each chamber has a volume that is less than tens of nanoliters and is connected by a vent to a secondary channel of the microstructure. A width of the vent is configured to enable a gas to escape from the chamber to the secondary channel while inhibiting flow of the sample fluid from the chamber into the secondary channel.