Patent ID: 11944971
Assignee: THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  A  G | IPC A  B  G

Claim 1:
2. The microfluidic device of claim 1, wherein each opening that fluidly couples the first microfluidic channel to the second microfluidic channel has an opening length, and each island of the first array of islands has an island length that is greater than the opening length of an opening adjacent to the island,
wherein, for an average particle diameter of a first type of particle and for a fluid velocity of the fluid sample, the first microfluidic channel, the second microfluidic channel and the first array of islands are configured to, during use of the microfluidic device, impart an inertial lift force on the first type of particles to substantially prevent the first type of particles from propagating through one or more of the openings between adjacent islands into the second microfluidic channel.