Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Membrane microfluidic valve and process for manufacturing a membrane microfluidic valve
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Application No.: US14289298Application Date: 2014-05-28
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Publication No.: US10197189B2Publication Date: 2019-02-05
- Inventor: Marco Pugliese , Francesco Ferrara
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Applicant Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Agency: Seed IP Law Group LLP
- Priority: ITTO2013A0447 20130531
- Main IPC: B01L3/00
- IPC: B01L3/00 ; F16K99/00

Abstract:
A microfluidic valve includes: a first structural layer and a second structural layer; a microfluidic circuit having a first microfluidic conduit and a second microfluidic conduit, which are defined in a superficial portion of the first structural layer, are adjacent, and are separated by a wall; a membrane set between the first structural layer and the second structural layer and delimiting the microfluidic circuit on one side; and a recess containing a gaseous fluid in the second structural layer. The membrane is movable in response to an actuation stimulus between a closed position, in which the first and second microfluidic conduits are fluidly decoupled, and an open position, in which the membrane is at least in part retracted into the recess and the first and second microfluidic conduits are fluidly coupled by means of a fluidic passage defined between the wall and the membrane.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140352819A1 MEMBRANE MICROFLUIDIC VALVE AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A MEMBRANE MICROFLUIDIC VALVE Public/Granted day:2014-12-04
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