Particle focusing within a microfluidic device using surface acoustic waves

TJ Huang, J Shi - US Patent 8,573,060, 2013 - Google Patents
Examples of the present invention include apparatus and methods for particle focusing, for
particles within a fluid sample. An example apparatus, which may be a microfluidic device …

Acoustic waves in microfluidics

DA Weitz, T Franke, A Wixforth, L Schmid… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
Various aspects of the present invention relate to the control and manipulation of fluidic
species, for example, in micro fluidic systems. In one set of embodiments, droplets may be …

Two-stage microfluidic device for acoustic particle manipulation and methods of separation

RO Guldiken, MC Jo, J Zhe - US Patent 9,821,310, 2017 - Google Patents
US9821310B2 - Two-stage microfluidic device for acoustic particle manipulation and
methods of separation - Google Patents US9821310B2 - Two-stage microfluidic device for …

Method and apparatus for acoustically controlling liquid solutions in microfluidic devices

JA Laugharn Jr, BS Garrison - US Patent 7,981,368, 2011 - Google Patents
Acoustic energy is used to control motion in a fluid. According to one embodiment, the
invention directs acoustic energy at selected naturally occurring nucleation features to …

Method and apparatus for acoustically controlling liquid solutions in microfluidic devices

JA Laugharn Jr, BS Garrison - US Patent 6,948,843, 2005 - Google Patents
Acoustic energy is used to control motion in a fluid. According to one embodiment, the
invention directs acoustic energy at selected naturally occurring nucleation features to …

Acoustic sample introduction for analysis and/or processing

RN Ellson, MW Mutz - US Patent 6,710,335, 2004 - Google Patents
The invention relates to the efficient transport of a small volume of fluid, such as may be
required by mass spectrometers and other devices configured to process and/or analyze …

Microfluidic manipulation and sorting of particles using tunable standing surface acoustic wave

X Ding, TJ Huang - US Patent 9,608,547, 2017 - Google Patents
An apparatus for manipulating particles uses tunable stand ing Surface acoustic waves
includes a channel defined on a Substrate and a pair of variable frequency interdigital trans …

Microfluidic droplet encapsulation

JF Edd, M Toner, D DiCarlo, D Irimia - US Patent 9,068,181, 2015 - Google Patents
Microfluidic devices and methods for the encapsulation of particles within liquid droplets are
disclosed. The new methods and devices form 1-100 picoliter-size monodisperse droplets …

Microfluidic ultrasonic particle separators with engineered node locations and geometries

KA Rose, KA Fisher, DA Wajda, RP Mariella Jr… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
An ultrasonic microfluidic system includes a separation channel for conveying a sample fluid
containing small particles and large particles, flowing substantially parallel, adjacent to a …

Fluidics apparatus and fluidics substrate

R Wilson, JM Cooper, J Reboud - US Patent 9,375,690, 2016 - Google Patents
A fluidics apparatus is disclosed for manipulation of at least one fluid sample, typically in the
form of a droplet. The apparatus has a substrate surface with a sample manipulation zone …