Abstract: A single junction sorter for a microfluidic particle sorter, the single-junction sorter comprising: an input channel, configured to receive a fluid containing particles; an output sort channel and an output waste channel, each connected to the input channel for receiving the fluid therefrom; a bubble generator, operable to selectively displace the fluid around a particle to be sorted and thereby to create a transient flow of the fluid in the input channel; and a vortex element, configured to cause a vortex in the transient flow in order to direct the particle to be sorted into the output sort channel.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 19, 2018
Date of Patent:
July 5, 2022
Assignee:
Cellular Highways Ltd.
Inventors:
Mikhail Bashtanov, Richard Gold, Calum Hayes, Fred Hussain, Robyn Pritchard, Salman Samson Rogers, Nuno Varelas, Alexander Zhukov