Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Microfluidic devices
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Application No.: US16605675Application Date: 2017-10-30
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Publication No.: US11583861B2Publication Date: 2023-02-21
- Inventor: Viktor Shkolnikov , Michael W Cumbie , Chien-Hua Chen
- Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Spring
- Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
- Current Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Spring
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2017/059118 WO 20171030
- International Announcement: WO2019/088984 WO 20190509
- Main IPC: B81B3/00
- IPC: B81B3/00 ; G01N35/10 ; B01L3/00

Abstract:
In an example implementation, a reagent storage system for a microfluidic device includes a microfluidic chamber formed in a microfluidic device. A blister pack to store a reagent includes an electrically conductive membrane barrier adjacent to the chamber. A thinned region is formed in the membrane barrier, and a conductive trace is to supply electric current to heat and melt the thinned region. Melting the thinned region is to cause the membrane barrier to open and release the reagent into the chamber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200246799A1 MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES Public/Granted day:2020-08-06
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