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Title: Passive injection control for microfluidic systems

Abstract

Apparatus for eliminating siphoning, "dead" regions, and fluid concentration gradients in microscale analytical devices. In its most basic embodiment, the present invention affords passive injection control for both electric field-driven and pressure-driven systems by providing additional fluid flow channels or auxiliary channels disposed on either side of a sample separation column. The auxiliary channels are sized such that volumetric fluid flow rate through these channels, while sufficient to move the sample away from the sample injection region in a timely fashion, is less than that through the sample separation channel or chromatograph.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1175178
Patent Number(s):
6833068
Application Number:
10/341,870
Assignee:
Sandia National Laboratories
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01L - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
DOE Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
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Citation Formats

Paul, Phillip H., Arnold, Don W., and Neyer, David W. Passive injection control for microfluidic systems. United States: N. p., 2004. Web.
Paul, Phillip H., Arnold, Don W., & Neyer, David W. Passive injection control for microfluidic systems. United States.
Paul, Phillip H., Arnold, Don W., and Neyer, David W. Tue . "Passive injection control for microfluidic systems". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1175178.
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