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

Claim 0:
1. An air-matrix microfluidic apparatus configured to process whole blood and manipulate plasma extracted from the whole blood, the apparatus comprising:
a first layer having a first hydrophobic surface;
a second layer having a second hydrophobic surface, the second layer having a sample outlet;
an air gap formed between the first and second layers;
a sample inlet positioned over the sample outlet, the sample inlet configured to receive a sample of whole blood;
a plasma separation membrane positioned between the sample inlet and the sample outlet, the plasma separation membrane configured to extract plasma into the sample outlet from the whole blood in the sample inlet; and
a controller programmed to drive an actuator to draw the plasma through the plasma separation membrane when the plasma extracted from the whole blood contacts the first layer.