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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2015
Hong Jiao, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Erik C Jensen, Berkeley, CA (US);
Homayun Mehrabani, Emeryville, CA (US);
Liran Yosef Haller, Berkeley, CA (US);
Hong Jiao, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Erik C Jensen, Berkeley, CA (US);
Homayun Mehrabani, Emeryville, CA (US);
Liran Yosef Haller, Berkeley, CA (US);
HJ Science & Technology, Inc., Berkeley, CA (US);
Abstract
Reconfigurable microfluidic systems are based on networks of microfluidic cavities connected by hydrophobic microfluidic channels. Each cavity is classified as either a reservoir or a node, and includes a pressure port via which gas pressure may be applied. Sequences of gas pressures, applied to reservoirs and nodes according to a fluid transfer rule, enable fluid to be moved from any reservoir to any other reservoir in a system. Systems may be configured with multiple switched interaction regions connected in series for scalable, multiplexed immunoassays. Multiple, switched interaction regions may also be implemented with microvalves.