Fluid processing and control
First Claim
1. A fluid control and processing system comprising:
- a housing having a plurality of chambers and at least one separation channel; and
a valve body including a fluid processing region continuously coupled fluidicly with a fluid displacement region, the fluid displacement region including or being connected to a means that depressurizes the fluid displacement region to draw fluid into the fluid displacement region and pressurizes the fluid displacement region to expel fluid from the fluid displacement region, the valve body including at least one external port, the fluid processing region being fluidicly coupled with the at least one external port, the fluid displacement region being fluidicly coupled with at least one external port of the valve body, and the valve body being adjustable with respect to the housing to allow the at least one external port to be placed selectively in fluidic communication with the plurality of chambers and with the at least one separation channel,wherein the valve body comprises a tubular portion and a disk portion, the fluid displacement region located within the tubular portion and the fluid processing region located within the disk portion.
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Abstract
A fluid control and processing system for controlling fluid flow among a plurality of chambers comprises a body including a fluid processing region continuously coupled fluidicly with a fluid displacement region. The fluid displacement region is depressurizable to draw fluid into the fluid displacement region and pressurizable to expel fluid from the fluid displacement region. The body includes at least one external port. The fluid processing region is fluidicly coupled with the at least one external port. The fluid displacement region is fluidicly coupled with at least one external port of the body. The body is adjustable with respect to the plurality of chambers to place the at least one external port selectively in fluidic communication with the plurality of chambers. One or more of the chambers may be a processing chamber which includes two ports configured to selectively engage the at least one external port of the body, and a fluid processing material such as an enrichment material or a depletion material. In some embodiments, one or more chambers may include a separation channel, and an electric field may be applied across the separation channel.
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19 Claims
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1. A fluid control and processing system comprising:
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a housing having a plurality of chambers and at least one separation channel; and a valve body including a fluid processing region continuously coupled fluidicly with a fluid displacement region, the fluid displacement region including or being connected to a means that depressurizes the fluid displacement region to draw fluid into the fluid displacement region and pressurizes the fluid displacement region to expel fluid from the fluid displacement region, the valve body including at least one external port, the fluid processing region being fluidicly coupled with the at least one external port, the fluid displacement region being fluidicly coupled with at least one external port of the valve body, and the valve body being adjustable with respect to the housing to allow the at least one external port to be placed selectively in fluidic communication with the plurality of chambers and with the at least one separation channel, wherein the valve body comprises a tubular portion and a disk portion, the fluid displacement region located within the tubular portion and the fluid processing region located within the disk portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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