PARTICLE MANIPULATION SYSTEM WITH STAY-WET ALGORITHM

A MEMS-based particle manipulation system which uses a particle manipulation stage and a sensor to detect when the sample volume is exhausted or nearly exhausted. The sensor sends a signal to a fluid control means that reverses the pressure between one of the output channels and the input channels,...

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Hauptverfasser:	FOSTER JOHN S, SPONG JAQUELIN K, SHIELDS KEVIN E, MARTINEZ NICHOLAS C
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BLASTING CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS HEATING INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES LIGHTING MEASURING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL PHYSICS PIPE-LINE SYSTEMS PIPE-LINES STORING OF DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS TESTING TRANSPORTING WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	A MEMS-based particle manipulation system which uses a particle manipulation stage and a sensor to detect when the sample volume is exhausted or nearly exhausted. The sensor sends a signal to a fluid control means that reverses the pressure between one of the output channels and the input channels, to keep the surfaces wet with a volume of the sample fluid. This volume can be maintained in the channel until an operator intervenes, or it can be repeatedly shuttled back and forth between the input channel and an output channel. By keeping the channels wet, material from the sample stream does not become adhered to the channel walls, which might otherwise irreversibly change or damage the device.