Patent ID: 11857969
Assignee: MIROCULUS INC.
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 15:
16. A method of extracting plasma from whole blood in an air gap of a microfluidic apparatus, the method comprising:
introducing a sample of whole blood into a sample inlet of the microfluidic apparatus;
extracting plasma from the sample of whole blood in the sample inlet through a plasma separation membrane and into a sample outlet of the microfluidic apparatus;
transporting the extracted plasma from the sample outlet to a first region of the air gap of the microfluidic apparatus; and
actuating a driver to transport a droplet of the extracted plasma from the first region of the air gap of the microfluidic apparatus to a second region of the air gap of the microfluidic apparatus to actively extract plasma from the sample of whole blood.