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Title: Cartridge systems, capacitive pumps and multi-throw valves and pump-valve systems and applications of same

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1986675

In one aspect of the invention, the fluidic device includes a fluidic chip includes a body having a first surface and an opposite, second surface, one or more channels formed in the body in fluidic communications with input ports and output ports for transferring one or more fluids between the input ports and the output ports, and a fluidic chip registration means formed on the first surface for aligning the fluidic chip with a support structure; and an actuator configured to engage with the one or more channels at the second surface of the body for selectively and individually transferring the one or more fluids through the one or more channels from at least one of the input ports to at least one of the output ports at desired flowrates.

Research Organization:
Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; National Institutes of Health (NIH); US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity; Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
DOE Contract Number:
20003; 468746; 5UG3TR002097-02; 83573601; CBMXCEL-XL1-2-001; HHSN44C; U01CA202229
Assignee:
Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)
Patent Number(s):
11,465,144
Application Number:
17/269,349
OSTI ID:
1986675
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 08/20/2019
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Apparatus for detecting target molecules and related methods patent August 2015