Microfluidic device for the manipulation of particles
First Claim
1. A microfluidic device for manipulating particles of at least one given type of a sample, the device (1) being designed to be connected to an apparatus;
- the device comprising;
a connection unit (2) for connecting the device (1) itself to the apparatus, which is external to the device (1);
a microfluidic system (3), comprising;
at least one inlet (4;
4′
),at least one outlet (5;
5′
),at least one microfluidic chamber (6;
6′
) comprising a plurality of actuators within the chamber for selectively manipulating within the chamber the particles of the at least one given type with respect to other particles of the sample, anda non-volatile rewritable memory disposed on the microfluidic device, wherein the memory contains information on the device, which information on the device comprises a map of positions of faulty actuators, and wherein the memory is adapted to be read by a control unit of the apparatus such that the control unit is configured to control the plurality of actuators of the device (1) to actuate so that the particles are moved in a path that does not pass a position corresponding to the positions of the faulty actuators.
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Abstract
A microfluidic device for isolating particles of at least one given type of a sample; the device is designed to be connected to an apparatus through a plurality of electrical connectors and comprises a system of microfluidic channels and a flash memory, which contains information on the structure (arrangement and geometry of the various components) of the system of microfluidic channels, a map of non-functioning parts of the device, the maximum number of uses and the maximum time of use of the device; the memory has portions allocated for storing the number of times and the time of use of the device.
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16 Claims
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1. A microfluidic device for manipulating particles of at least one given type of a sample, the device (1) being designed to be connected to an apparatus;
- the device comprising;
a connection unit (2) for connecting the device (1) itself to the apparatus, which is external to the device (1); a microfluidic system (3), comprising; at least one inlet (4;
4′
),at least one outlet (5;
5′
),at least one microfluidic chamber (6;
6′
) comprising a plurality of actuators within the chamber for selectively manipulating within the chamber the particles of the at least one given type with respect to other particles of the sample, anda non-volatile rewritable memory disposed on the microfluidic device, wherein the memory contains information on the device, which information on the device comprises a map of positions of faulty actuators, and wherein the memory is adapted to be read by a control unit of the apparatus such that the control unit is configured to control the plurality of actuators of the device (1) to actuate so that the particles are moved in a path that does not pass a position corresponding to the positions of the faulty actuators. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14)
- the device comprising;
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13. A system, comprising:
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an apparatus comprising a control unit; and a microfluidic device comprising; a connection unit for connecting the device to the apparatus, a microfluidic system comprising; at least one inlet, at least one outlet, at least one microfluidic chamber comprising a plurality of actuators for selectively moving particles of the given type within the at least one microfluidic chamber, and a non-volatile rewritable memory disposed on the microfluidic device and containing information on the device, which information on the device comprises an identification of faulty actuators of the plurality of actuators and their respective locations; wherein; said microfluidic chamber is designed to move selectively the particles of the at least one given type with respect to other particles of the sample, the apparatus is external to the microfluidic device, the control unit of the apparatus controls the actuation of the plurality of actuators, the control unit is configured to read the memory of the microfluidic device and control the actuation of the plurality of actuators so that the particles are moved in a path that does not pass a position where the faulty actuators are located. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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