Patent ID: 11865540
Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC A  B  C  G

Claim 14:
15. A method comprising:
receiving fluid in at least four interconnected microfluidic channels of a microfluidic device wherein one connecting channel extending between the first one of the at least four interconnected microfluidic channels to a second one of the at least four interconnected microfluidic channels, wherein the one connecting channel is a passive channel lacking any fluid actuators; and
selectively activating individual asymmetrically located fluid actuators within the at least four interconnected microfluidic channels to selectively activate individual microfluidic channels of the at least four interconnected microfluidic channels between a fluid inputting state, a fluid outputting state and a fluid blocking state, wherein the individual asymmetrically located fluid, actuators are activated at a same frequency and result in different flow rates of the fluid within the interconnected microfluidic channels.