WO2003045559A8 - Microfluidic devices with distributing inputs - Google Patents

Microfluidic devices with distributing inputs

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WO2003045559A8
WO2003045559A8 PCT/US2002/017957 US0217957W WO03045559A8 WO 2003045559 A8 WO2003045559 A8 WO 2003045559A8 US 0217957 W US0217957 W US 0217957W WO 03045559 A8 WO03045559 A8 WO 03045559A8
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microfluidic devices
functional features
distributing inputs
fluids
common
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PCT/US2002/017957
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French (fr)
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Stephen D O'connor
Christoph D Karp
Eugene Dantsker
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Nanostream Inc
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Priority to JP2003547053A priority Critical patent/JP2005510695A/en
Priority to CA002445806A priority patent/CA2445806A1/en
Priority to AU2002349871A priority patent/AU2002349871B2/en
Priority to DE60208235T priority patent/DE60208235T2/en
Priority to EP02786351A priority patent/EP1453606B1/en
Priority to AT02786351T priority patent/ATE313378T1/en
Publication of WO2003045559A2 publication Critical patent/WO2003045559A2/en
Publication of WO2003045559A3 publication Critical patent/WO2003045559A3/en
Publication of WO2003045559A8 publication Critical patent/WO2003045559A8/en

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Abstract

Microfluidic devices having a plurality of functional features for performing one or more fluidic operations in parallel are provided. Reagents, samples or other fluids common to multiple functional features ('common fluids') may be input into a microfluidic device or system through one or more distributing inputs that divide and distribute the common fluids as desired. The use of a multi-layer fabrication technique allows multiple distributing inputs to distribute to multiple functional features in a microfluidic device without undesirable fluid channel intersections.
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JP2003547053A JP2005510695A (en) 2001-06-07 2002-06-06 Microfluidic device with distributed inlet
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AU2002349871A AU2002349871B2 (en) 2001-06-07 2002-06-06 Microfluidic devices with distributing inputs
DE60208235T DE60208235T2 (en) 2001-06-07 2002-06-06 MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES WITH DISTRIBUTION ENCLOSURES
EP02786351A EP1453606B1 (en) 2001-06-07 2002-06-06 Microfluidic devices with distributing inputs
AT02786351T ATE313378T1 (en) 2001-06-07 2002-06-06 MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES WITH DISTRIBUTION INLETS

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