Fluidic devices

• US 20080179255A1
• Filed: 04/30/2007
• Published: 07/31/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Lord, Robert W., Levien, Royce A., Jung, Edward K. Y., Malamud, Mark A., Leuthardt, Eric C., Rinaldo, John D., Wood, Lowell L.
• Application Number:
  US11/799,465
• Publication Number:
  US 20080179255A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 210/695
• CPC Class Codes: B03C 1/288 disposed at the outer circumference of a recipient
• CPC Class Codes: B03C 1/30 Combinations with other devices, not otherwise provided for

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to methods and devices that may be used to separate components from one or more samples.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

one or more first inlets;

one or more second inlets;

one or more outlets;

one or more magnetically active fluids; and

one or more separation channels that are configured to facilitate substantially laminar adjacent flow of one or more first fluids and the one or more magnetically active fluids within the one or more separation channels.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the one or more outlets comprise:

one or more detection chambers.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein the one or more magnetically active fluids comprise:

one or more magnetically active extraction fluids that include magnetic particles.

11. The device of claim 1, wherein the one or more magnetically active fluids comprise:

one or more magnetically active fluids that include paramagnetic particles.

12. The device of claim 1, wherein the one or more separation channels that are configured to facilitate substantially laminar adjacent flow of one or more first fluids and the one or more magnetically active fluids within the one or more separation channels comprise:

one or more separation channels that are configured to facilitate substantially parallel laminar adjacent flow.

13. The device of claim 1, wherein the one or more separation channels that are configured to facilitate substantially laminar adjacent flow of one or more first fluids and the one or more magnetically active fluids within the one or more separation channels comprise:

one or more separation channels that are configured to facilitate substantially anti-parallel laminar adjacent flow.

14. The device of claim 1, wherein the one or more separation channels that are configured to facilitate substantially laminar adjacent flow of one or more first fluids and the one or more magnetically active fluids within the one or more separation channels comprise:

one or more detection chambers.

15. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

one or more magnets.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the one or more magnets comprise:

one or more magnets that are configured to facilitate translocation of one or more magnetically active components from the one or more first fluids to the one or more magnetically active fluids.

18. The device of claim 15, wherein the one or more magnets comprise:

one or more repulsive magnets.

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17. (canceled)

19. A device comprising:

one or more inlets;

one or more outlets;

one or more substantially continuous fluid channels;

one or more magnetically active fluids; and

one or more separation channels that are configured to facilitate substantially laminar adjacent flow of one or more first fluids and the one or more magnetically active fluids within the one or more separation channels.

24. The device of claim 19, wherein the one or more substantially continuous fluid channels comprise:

the one or more magnetically active fluids.

25. The device of claim 19, wherein the one or more substantially continuous fluid channels comprise:

one or more detection chambers.

28. The device of claim 19, wherein the one or more magnetically active fluids comprise:

one or more ferrofluids.

29. The device of claim 19, wherein the one or more separation channels that are configured to facilitate substantially laminar adjacent flow of one or more first fluids and the one or more magnetically active fluids within the one or more separation channels comprise:

one or more separation channels that are configured to facilitate substantially parallel laminar adjacent flow.

30. The device of claim 19, wherein the one or more separation channels that are configured to facilitate substantially laminar adjacent flow of one or more first fluids and the one or more magnetically active fluids within the one or more separation channels comprise:

one or more separation channels that are configured to facilitate substantially anti-parallel laminar adjacent flow.

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26-27. -27. (canceled)

31. A device comprising:

one or more first inlets;

one or more second inlets;

one or more outlets;

one or more magnets; and

one or more separation channels that are configured to facilitate substantially laminar adjacent flow of one or more first fluids and one or more second fluids within the one or more separation channels.

38. The device of claim 31, wherein the one or more magnets comprise:

one or more attractive magnets.

39. The device of claim 31, wherein the one or more magnets comprise:

one or more repulsive magnets.

40. The device of claim 31, wherein the one or more magnets comprise:

one or more magnets configured to facilitate translocation of one or more magnetically active components from the one or more first fluids to the one or more second fluids within the one or more separation channels.

41. The device of claim 31, wherein the one or more separation channels that are configured to facilitate substantially laminar adjacent flow of one or more first fluids and one or more second fluids within the one or more separation channels comprise:

one or more separation channels that are configured to facilitate substantially parallel laminar adjacent flow.

42. The device of claim 31, wherein the one or more separation channels that are configured to facilitate substantially laminar adjacent flow of one or more first fluids and one or more second fluids within the one or more separation channels comprise:

one or more separation channels that are configured to facilitate substantially anti-parallel laminar adjacent flow.

32-37. -37. (canceled)

43. A device comprising:

one or more inlets;

one or more outlets;

one or more substantially continuous fluid channels;

one or more separation channels that are configured to facilitate substantially laminar adjacent flow of one or more first fluids and one or more second fluids within the one or more separation channels; and

one or more magnets.

49. The device of claim 43, wherein the one or more substantially continuous fluid channels comprise:

one or more extraction fluids.

50. The device of claim 43, wherein the one or more substantially continuous fluid channels comprise:

one or more detection chambers.

51. The device of claim 43, wherein the one or more separation channels that are configured to facilitate substantially laminar adjacent flow of one or more first fluids and one or more second fluids within the one or more separation channels comprise:

one or more separation channels that are configured to facilitate substantially parallel laminar adjacent flow.

52. The device of claim 43, wherein the one or more separation channels that are configured to facilitate substantially laminar adjacent flow of one or more first fluids and one or more second fluids within the one or more separation channels comprise:

one or more separation channels that are configured to facilitate substantially anti-parallel laminar adjacent flow.

53. The device of claim 43, wherein the one or more magnets comprise:

one or more magnets that are configured to facilitate translocation of one or more magnetically active components from the one or more first fluids to the one or more magnetically active fluids.

54. The device of claim 43, wherein the one or more magnets comprise:

one or more attractive magnets.

55. The device of claim 43, wherein the one or more magnets comprise:

one or more repulsive magnets.

44-48. -48. (canceled)

56-62. -62. (canceled)