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20080212161 | Actuating Device Having a Flexible Diaphragm Controlled By Electrowetting - An actuation device with plural positions and including a support, at least one flexible membrane attached to the support forming at least one closed containment with the support with volume filled with at least one first liquid in a form of one or plural drops, and at least a second liquid, the first liquid and the second liquid being immiscible, and an electrical device to modulate the profile of the membrane by controlling the shape of at least one of the drops. | 09-04-2008 |
20090283456 | METHOD OF SORTING PARTICLES OR PARTICLE CLUSTERS IN A FLUID FLOWING IN A CHANNEL - The invention relates to a method of sorting submillimetric particles entrained in a fluid flowing in an axial direction of a main channel, the particles being of density different from the density of the fluid, and the method being characterized in that it implements, in a first region of the main channel, focusing of the particles along a wall ( | 11-19-2009 |
20090286298 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLED ENCAPSULATION OF PARTICLES OR PARTICLE CLUSTERS - A microfluidic device for controlled encapsulation of particles of sub-millimetric dimensions, or clusters of such particles, the device comprising: a first duct for delivering a first liquid phase containing particles for encapsulating in suspension; a second duct for conveying a flow of a second liquid phase that is immiscible with said first liquid phase; the first duct opening out into the second duct and forming a fluidic junction therewith; at least one microfluidic duct for discharging the first liquid phase flowing in said first duct and provided with a mouth located upstream from said junction and liable to be obstructed, at least in part, by a particle in suspension, thereby causing pressure to rise in the first duct. The invention also provides a microfluidic system including such a device, and a method of encapsulation based on using such a device. | 11-19-2009 |
20090286300 | MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SORTING CELL CLUSTERS AND FOR THE CONTINUOUS ENCAPSULATION THEREOF FOLLOWING SORTING THEREOF - A microfluidic system and method for sorting cell clusters, and for the continuous and automated encapsulation of the clusters, once sorted, in capsules of sizes suitable for those of these sorted clusters is provided. The microfluidic system comprises a substrate in which a microchannel array comprising a cell sorting unit is etched and around which a protective cover is bonded, and the sorting unit comprises deflection means capable of separating, during the flow thereof, relatively noncohesive cell clusters, each of size ranging from 20 μm to 500 μm and of 20 to 10 000 cells approximately, such as islets of Langerhans, at least two sorting microchannels arranged in parallel at the outlet of said unit being respectively designed so as to transport as many categories of sorted clusters continuously to a unit for encapsulation of the latter, also formed in said array. | 11-19-2009 |
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20120073993 | ELECTROWETTING PUMPING DEVICE AND APPLICATION TO ELECTRIC ACTIVITY MEASUREMENTS - A method for pumping through an orifice of a first substrate, a first volume of liquid in contact with a first hydrophobic surface of said substrate, wherein a pressure variation between the first volume of liquid and a second volume of liquid, located in contact with said orifice and a second hydrophobic surface of said substrate, is achieved by electrowetting. | 03-29-2012 |
20120125842 | Microfluidic System And Corresponding Method For Transferring Elements Between Liquid Phases And Use Of Said System For Extracting Said Elements - The invention relates to a microfluidic system including a unit for extracting elements from one liquid phase to at least one other liquid phase, a use of said system for performing said extraction, preferably for gelling polymer capsules coating such elements by cross-linking, and a method for extracting said elements. Said system comprises a substrate in which a network of micro-channels is etched, including a unit ( | 05-24-2012 |
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