WO2004002627A3 - Method and apparatus for fluid dispersion - Google Patents

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WO2004002627A3
WO2004002627A3 PCT/US2003/020542 US0320542W WO2004002627A3 WO 2004002627 A3 WO2004002627 A3 WO 2004002627A3 US 0320542 W US0320542 W US 0320542W WO 2004002627 A3 WO2004002627 A3 WO 2004002627A3
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fluid dispersion
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Howard A Stone
Shelly L Anna
Nathalie Bontoux
Darren Roy Link
David A Weitz
Irina Gitlin
Piotr Garstecki
Willow Diluzio
George M Whitesides
Eugenia Kumacheva
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Harvard College
Howard A Stone
Shelly L Anna
Nathalie Bontoux
Darren Roy Link
David A Weitz
Irina Gitlin
Piotr Garstecki
Willow Diluzio
George M Whitesides
Eugenia Kumacheva
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Application filed by Harvard College, Howard A Stone, Shelly L Anna, Nathalie Bontoux, Darren Roy Link, David A Weitz, Irina Gitlin, Piotr Garstecki, Willow Diluzio, George M Whitesides, Eugenia Kumacheva filed Critical Harvard College
Priority to CN038204940A priority patent/CN1678397B/en
Priority to AU2003253751A priority patent/AU2003253751B2/en
Priority to CA2491564A priority patent/CA2491564C/en
Priority to EP20030762228 priority patent/EP1515803A2/en
Publication of WO2004002627A2 publication Critical patent/WO2004002627A2/en
Publication of WO2004002627A3 publication Critical patent/WO2004002627A3/en
Publication of WO2004002627B1 publication Critical patent/WO2004002627B1/en
Priority to US11/024,228 priority patent/US7708949B2/en
Publication of WO2004002627A8 publication Critical patent/WO2004002627A8/en
Priority to US12/726,223 priority patent/US8337778B2/en
Priority to US13/679,190 priority patent/US8986628B2/en

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Abstract

A microfluidic method and device for focusing and/or forming discontinuous sections of similar or dissimilar size in a fluid is provided. The device can be fabricated simply from readily-available, inexpensive material using simple techniques.
PCT/US2003/020542 2002-06-28 2003-06-30 Method and apparatus for fluid dispersion WO2004002627A2 (en)

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JP2004549845A JP2006507921A (en) 2002-06-28 2003-06-03 Method and apparatus for fluid dispersion
CN038204940A CN1678397B (en) 2002-06-28 2003-06-30 Method and apparatus for fluid dispersion
AU2003253751A AU2003253751B2 (en) 2002-06-28 2003-06-30 Method and apparatus for fluid dispersion
CA2491564A CA2491564C (en) 2002-06-28 2003-06-30 Method and apparatus for fluid dispersion
EP20030762228 EP1515803A2 (en) 2002-06-28 2003-06-30 Method and apparatus for fluid dispersion
US11/024,228 US7708949B2 (en) 2002-06-28 2004-12-28 Method and apparatus for fluid dispersion
US12/726,223 US8337778B2 (en) 2002-06-28 2010-03-17 Method and apparatus for fluid dispersion
US13/679,190 US8986628B2 (en) 2002-06-28 2012-11-16 Method and apparatus for fluid dispersion

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