Invention Application
- Patent Title: PASSIVE MICROFLUIDIC VALVES
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Application No.: US17515792Application Date: 2021-11-01
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Publication No.: US20220136618A1Publication Date: 2022-05-05
- Inventor: Michael Wehner , Keng-Yu Lin , Natalie King
- Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
- Applicant Address: US CA Oakland
- Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
- Current Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Oakland
- Main IPC: F16K99/00
- IPC: F16K99/00

Abstract:
A passive microfluidic valve includes a first manifold portion having a first chamber; a first inlet fluidly coupled to the first chamber; and a second inlet. The valve also includes a second manifold portion in fluid communication with the first chamber via a channel. The second manifold portion includes a second chamber fluidly coupled to the first chamber and the second inlet. The valve further includes a flexible membrane disposed between the first manifold portion and the second manifold portion and separating the first chamber and the second chamber, the flexible membrane configured to modulate a flow rate of a media flowing between the first inlet and the second inlet in either direction in response to pressure of the media flow.
Public/Granted literature
- US11725749B2 Passive microfluidic valves Public/Granted day:2023-08-15
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