发明授权
US09039973B2 Hybrid digital and channel microfluidic devices and methods of use thereof
有权
混合数字和通道微流体装置及其使用方法
- 专利标题: Hybrid digital and channel microfluidic devices and methods of use thereof
- 专利标题(中): 混合数字和通道微流体装置及其使用方法
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申请号: US13123463申请日: 2009-10-13
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公开(公告)号: US09039973B2公开(公告)日: 2015-05-26
- 发明人: Michael W. L. Watson , Mohamed Abdelgawad , Mais Jebrail , Hao Yang , Aaron R. Wheeler
- 申请人: Michael W. L. Watson , Mohamed Abdelgawad , Mais Jebrail , Hao Yang , Aaron R. Wheeler
- 申请人地址: CA Toronto, ON
- 专利权人: THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
- 当前专利权人: THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
- 当前专利权人地址: CA Toronto, ON
- 代理机构: Hill & Schumacher
- 代理商 Lynn C. Schumacher; Stephen W. Leonard
- 国际申请: PCT/CA2009/001439 WO 20091013
- 国际公布: WO2010/040227 WO 20100415
- 主分类号: B01L99/00
- IPC分类号: B01L99/00 ; G01N1/28 ; G01N27/62 ; B05B5/025 ; B23P19/00 ; G01N27/447 ; G01N35/10 ; B01L3/00 ; H01J49/04 ; H01J49/16
摘要:
The present invention provides a hybrid digital and channel microfluidic device in the form of an integrated structure in which a droplet may be transported by a digital microfluidic array and transferred to a microfluidic channel. In one aspect of the invention, a hybrid device comprises a first substrate having a digital microfluidic array capable of transporting a droplet to a transfer location, and a second substrate having a microfluidic channel. The first and second substrates are affixed to form a hybrid device in which an opening in the microfluidic channel is positioned adjacent to the transfer location, so that a droplet transported to the transfer location contacts the channel opening and may enter the channel. The invention also provides methods of performing separations using a hybrid digital and channel microfluidic device and methods of assembling a hybrid digital microfluidic device.