Title:
FLUID CONTROL IN MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2021/146350
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A diagnostic system for determining the presence of a target in a sample liquid that includes a diagnostic reader and a microfluidic strip having a microfluidic channel network therein. An actuator within the reader modifies the pressure of a gas in gaseous communication with a liquid-gas interface of a sample liquid within the microfluidic channel network to move and/or mix the sample liquid. The pressure modifications may be continuous and/or oscillatory.
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Inventors:
QUINLAN THOMAS J (GB)
KHAN AMAN MURTAZA (GB)
KHAN BADR AMAN (GB)
MCGUIGAN BRIAN (GB)
TAYLOR DAVID WILLIAM (GB)
LANG DAVID KINNIBURGH (GB)
DEANE JOHN IAIN WILLIAM (GB)
FERNANDEZ DE SANNAMED LOIS BELLO (GB)
FLETT MICHAEL (GB)
LOWE PHILL (GB)
KEATCH STEVEN ALEXANDER (GB)
KHAN USMAN ALI (GB)
SCOTT DAVE (GB)
LINDNER NIGEL MALCOLM (GB)
TWOMEY MARCUS (GB)
MCINNES GRAEME JOHN (US)
KHAN AMAN MURTAZA (GB)
KHAN BADR AMAN (GB)
MCGUIGAN BRIAN (GB)
TAYLOR DAVID WILLIAM (GB)
LANG DAVID KINNIBURGH (GB)
DEANE JOHN IAIN WILLIAM (GB)
FERNANDEZ DE SANNAMED LOIS BELLO (GB)
FLETT MICHAEL (GB)
LOWE PHILL (GB)
KEATCH STEVEN ALEXANDER (GB)
KHAN USMAN ALI (GB)
SCOTT DAVE (GB)
LINDNER NIGEL MALCOLM (GB)
TWOMEY MARCUS (GB)
MCINNES GRAEME JOHN (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2021/013325
Publication Date:
November 04, 2021
Filing Date:
January 13, 2021
Export Citation:
Assignee:
LUMIRADX UK LTD (GB)
QUINLAN THOMAS J (US)
QUINLAN THOMAS J (US)
International Classes:
B01L3/00; B01F11/00; G01N33/50; G01N33/569; G01N33/68
Domestic Patent References:
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Foreign References:
US20030175947A1 | 2003-09-18 | |||
EP2673643A1 | 2013-12-18 | |||
US20140374360A1 | 2014-12-25 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
GUSTAFSON, Megan A. et al. (US)
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