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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8132961 | Flow plug with length-to-hole size uniformity for use in flow conditioning and flow metering A flow plug of varying thickness has a plurality of holes formed therethrough. The plug fits in a conduit such that a fluid flow in the conduit passes through the plug's holes. Each hole is defined by a parameter indicative of size in terms of the cross-sectional ar... | 03/13/2012 |
| 7976213 | Arrangement for controlling fluid jets injected into a fluid stream In an air mixing arrangement wherein a primary fluid is introduced through an opening in a wall to be mixed with a secondary fluid flowing along the wall surface, the opening is airfoil shaped with its leading edge being orientated at an attack angle with respect to... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7909502 | Static lamination micro mixer Static lamination micro mixer comprising at least one slotted plate having slot openings and an aperture plate having aperture slots arranged above the slotted plate. ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7621670 | Unbalanced-flow, fluid-mixing plug with metering capabilities A fluid mixer plug has holes formed therethrough such that a remaining portion is closed to fluid flow. The plug's inlet face defines a central circuit region and a ring-shaped region with the ring-shaped region including at least some of the plug's remaining portio... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7520661 | Static mixer A multi-stage restrictor includes an inlet plate, plates also being known as circular wafers, having a central non-restrictive aperture, a top fluid manipulation plate, an inter link plate, a bottom fluid manipulation plate and an exit plate disposed in stacked rela... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7513681 | Static mixing device Mixing devices comprise a mixing element having a body with a fluid inlet port, and a fluid outlet port that is separated from the fluid inlet port. Fluid outlet passages extend through a body wall section defining the fluid inlet port, and fluid inlet passages exte... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7390121 | Static mixer module Static mixer module, consisting of a disc which is provided with a multiplicity of orifices (6) and is structured on its front side and on its rear side by means of channels (4, 5), and in which the orifices (6) are made in the flanks (8)... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7377499 | Gas enrichment module The invention relates to a device for the gas enrichment of fluids, to a method for producing fluids that are enriched with gases and to the use of the aforementioned device in human and veterinary medicine and the pharmaceutical, foodstuff cosmetic and environmenta... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7353695 | Methods and apparatus for determining properties of a fluid A method and system for determining properties of a fluid involves interacting the fluid with a standing wave in a first state to establish the standing wave in a second state, analyzing an electric signal associated with the standing wave to determine a characteris... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351303 | Microfluidic systems and components Microfluidic systems and components. A microfluidic system includes one or more functional units or microfluidic chips, configured to perform constituent steps in a process and interconnected to form the system. A multi-layer microfluidic system includes a separate ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347617 | Mixing in microfluidic devices Mixing of liquids in a microfluidic device is accomplished by dispensing the liquids into a first chamber to produce combined liquid. The liquids are thereafter discharged through at least one capillary from the first chamber into a second chamber for complete mixin... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7334630 | Closed-loop microchannel cooling system Apparatus and methods according to the present invention utilize micropumps that are capable of generating high pressure and flow without moving mechanical parts and the associated generation of unacceptable electrical and acoustic noise, as well as the associated r... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7325572 | Flow restrictor device for a medical apparatus A medical apparatus flow restrictor includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet, and a fluid flow path defined through the housing between the inlet and outlet. At least one pair of opposed restriction surfaces are provided in contact with each other within the... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322740 | Static mixer for a curing mixed product The static mixer is used for a curing mixed product of flowable components that react to form a solidifying mass on mixing. The mixer has mixing chambers that are arranged behind one another and next to one another along a tube axis. Each mixing chamber is delineate... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323140 | Moving microdroplets in a microfluidic device The present invention relates to a system and method for moving samples, such as fluid, within a microfluidic system using a plurality of gas actuators for applying pressure at different locations within the microfluidic. The system includes a substrate which forms ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320776 | Fluid analytical devices A fluid analytical device for separating and analyzing a fluid including a first component and a second component. The specific weight of the first component exceeds that of the second component. A rotating base includes a receiving chamber, a first separation well,... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318883 | Equipment and method in a paper or board machine for mixing of fresh stock and of water for dilution of fresh stock The invention concerns an equipment and a method in a paper or board machine for mixing fresh stock (M) with water (V) used for dilution of the fresh stock. At the point of mixing (K) of the dilution water (V) and the fresh stock (M) passed from the pipe (13)... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316769 | Length-dependent recoil separation of long molecules Separation of long molecules by length is obtained by forcing such molecules to traverse a boundary between a low free-energy region and a high free-energy region. In one embodiment, the high free-energy region is a dense pillar region or other structure formed on a... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316543 | Electroosmotic micropump with planar features An electroosmotic micropump having a plurality of thin, closely-spaced, approximately planar, transversel aligned partitions formed in or on a substrate, among which electroosmotic flow (EOF) is generated. Electrodes are located within enclosed inlet and outlet mani... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7303732 | Tubular reactor having static mixing elements separated by coalescing zones A tubular reactor characterized by having short static mixing elements separated by coalescing zones is used to conduct multiphase liquid/liquid reactions. Small droplets of one of the phases are dispersed into the other phase by the static mixing elements. These dr... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7287318 | Biosensor A biosensor is provided that comprises a plate element with a pre-determined reaction zone and a recess positioned adjacent to the reaction zone. The biosensor also comprises a reagent that is positioned on the reaction zone. In preferred embodiments, the recess cir... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284902 | Mixing tube and method of manufacturing the mixing tube A mixing tube is provided, including first and second mixing passages, each of which include a plurality of elements connected in series and having a sectional shapes that change continuously. Multi-component materials pass through the first and the second mixing pa... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281844 | Variable static mixer A variable static mixer and system for accommodating variable and different flows in a pipeline so as to produce maximum mixing efficiency including a first mixer mounted in the pipeline and a second mixer mounted in the pipeline at a downstream location wherein the... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7276215 | Mixing device for two-phase concurrent vessels In a vertical reactor vessel through which vapor and liquid flow concurrently, the fluids pass vertically through a horizontal mixing box having internal flow baffles that form at least one mixing orifice through which the process stream flows at high velocity. In t... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270786 | Methods and systems for processing microfluidic samples of particle containing fluids The present invention relates to a microfluidic system for processing a cell-containing liquid. The system includes a microfabricated substrate having an enrichment channel to prepare an enriched cell sample from the cell-containing liquid. A flow through member is ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7263874 | Methods and apparatus for determining properties of a fluid A method and system for determining properties of a fluid involves interacting the fluid with a standing wave in a first state to establish the standing wave in a second state, analyzing an electric signal associated with the standing wave to determine a characteris... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7259965 | Integrated circuit coolant microchannel assembly with targeted channel configuration A microchannel structure has microchannels formed therein. The microchannels are to transport a coolant and to be proximate to an integrated circuit to transfer heat from the integrated circuit to the coolant. At least one of the microchannels has a length extent an... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258137 | System, method, and apparatus for dual gas delivery through a high temperature artifact without undesirable gas mixing A system conveys two gases separately until controlled delivery and gas mixing are desired. The device maintains separation between the two gases with sealed, high temperature materials, and a geometry that contains gas flow channels that do not allow gas mixing. Th... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7249613 | Energy attenuation device An energy attenuation device for a conduit that is adapted to convey a pressurized fluid therethrough, comprising a hose section disposed about a portion of the conduit, wherein such conduit portion is provided with at least one aperture, for example in a surface th... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7247276 | Micro-reactor for reactions between gases and liquids Described herein is a microreactor for carrying out chemical reactions between a reaction partner in liquid form and a reaction partner in gaseous form, if necessary in the presence of a solid catalyst, whereby the chemical process guidance takes place in spaces tha... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7231839 | Electroosmotic micropumps with applications to fluid dispensing and field sampling Apparatus and methods according to the present invention preferably utilize electroosmotic pumps in fluid handling and field sampling applications. The electroosmotic pumps used in these applications are capable of generating high pressure and flow without moving me... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7207345 | Fluid routing device A single layer fluid routing device comprising a first channel having a cross-section of a first aspect ratio and a first depth; a second channel having a second cross-section of a second different aspect ratio and a second different depth; wherein the second channe... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7198400 | Static mixer and a method of manufacture thereof A static mixer comprising a mixer body with a first and a second array of intermeshed and interconnecting passageways formed therein that connect, and provide a convoluted flow path between, flow faces at ends of the mixer body. The first and second arrays of passag... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7192557 | Methods and systems for releasing intracellular material from cells within microfluidic samples of fluids The present invention relates to a microfluidic system for processing a cell-containing liquid. The system includes a lysing zone to receive the cell-containing sample and a positioning element to position the cell-containing sample in a lysing position in the vicin... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7185697 | Electroosmotic microchannel cooling system Apparatus and methods according to the present invention preferably utilize electroosmotic pumps that are capable of generating high pressure and flow without moving mechanical parts and the associated generation of unacceptable electrical and acoustic noise, as wel... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7179423 | Microfluidic system including a virtual wall fluid interface port for interfacing fluids with the microfluidic system A fluid interface port in a microfluidic system and a method of forming the fluid interface port is provided. The fluid interface port comprises an opening formed in the side wall of a microchannel sized and dimensioned to form a virtual wall when the microchannel i... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175335 | Emulsion producing apparatus To provide an emulsion producing apparatus capable of producing an emulsion which is difficult to separate and is stabilized, and capable of achieving a reduction in cost and small-sized formation, there is provided an emulsion producing apparatus including mixing m... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7171983 | Multi-reservoir pressure control system Improved microfluidic devices, systems, and methods allow selective transportation of fluids within microfluidic channels of a microfluidic network by applying, controlling, and varying pressures at a plurality of reservoirs. Modeling the microfluidic network as a s... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172897 | Devices and methods for biochip multiplexing The invention is directed to devices that allow for simultaneous multiple biochip analysis. In particular, the devices are configured to hold multiple cartridges comprising biochips comprising arrays such as nucleic acid arrays, and allow for high throughput analysi... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7160025 | Micromixer apparatus and methods of using same Microfluidics mixing apparatus and methods of using same are disclosed for mixing fluids using increasing centrifugal force as the fluids being mixed traverse a mixing channel. One inventive apparatus comprises a generally planar substrate having a top major surface... | 01/09/2007 |
