WO2004010760A3 - Microfluidic size-exclusion devices, systems, and methods - Google Patents

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WO2004010760A3
WO2004010760A3 PCT/US2003/022773 US0322773W WO2004010760A3 WO 2004010760 A3 WO2004010760 A3 WO 2004010760A3 US 0322773 W US0322773 W US 0322773W WO 2004010760 A3 WO2004010760 A3 WO 2004010760A3
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Sean M Desmond
Zbigniew T Bryning
John Shigeura
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Abstract

Microfluidic devices, assemblies, and systems are provided, as are methods of manipulating micro-sized samples of fluids. One such embodiment of the device (498) comprise a filter frit material (412) in column (406) chamber (413), gel filtration material (418), substrate (400), an input opening (402), a first channel (404), a second channel (408) and an output opening (410), and first and second covers (141, 416). Microfluidic devices having a plurality of specialized processing features are also provided.
PCT/US2003/022773 2002-07-26 2003-07-18 Microfluidic size-exclusion devices, systems, and methods WO2004010760A2 (en)

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US10/336,706 US7214348B2 (en) 2002-07-26 2003-01-03 Microfluidic size-exclusion devices, systems, and methods
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US10/336,330 US7041258B2 (en) 2002-07-26 2003-01-03 Micro-channel design features that facilitate centripetal fluid transfer
US10/336,274 US7198759B2 (en) 2002-07-26 2003-01-03 Microfluidic devices, methods, and systems
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US10/403,640 US7201881B2 (en) 2002-07-26 2003-03-31 Actuator for deformable valves in a microfluidic device, and method
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