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Continuous laminar fluid mixing in micro-electromechanical systems

  • US 6,520,197 B2
  • Filed: 05/30/2001
  • Issued: 02/18/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of continuous laminar fluid mixing in a micro-electromechanical system that includes a first channel, a second channel and a third channel coupled to the first channel and the second channel, the method comprising:

  • producing first pulses in a first fluid carried by the first channel;

    creating second pulses in a second fluid carried by the second channel;

    merging the first fluid and the second fluid in the third channel as the first and second fluids travel through the third channel to an exit of the third channel so as to continuously form a third fluid, wherein the first pulses and the second pulses distort an interface between the first fluid and the second fluid to facilitate diffusion across the interface.

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