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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2013
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
National University of Singapore, Singapore, SG;
Jongyoon Han, Cambridge, MA (US);
Chao Yu Peter Chen, Singapore, SG;
Chong Jin Ong, Singapore, SG;
Guofeng Guan, Singapore, SG;
Ali Asgar Bhagat, Singapore, SG;
Lidan Wu, Cambridge, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
National University of Singapore, Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A micro-fluidic device includes at least one inlet and a curvilinear microchannel having a trapezoidal cross section defined by a radially inner side, a radially outer side, a bottom side, and a top side, the cross section having a) the radially inner side and the radially outer side unequal in height, or b) the radially inner side equal in height to the radially outer side, and wherein the top side has at least two continuous straight sections, each unequal in width to the bottom side.