Patent ID: 9409170
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: B01F,B01L,F01D

Claim Text:
1. A microfluidic mixing device comprising: a main channel; a number of secondary channels extending from a portion of the main channel and entering another portion of the main channel; a number of actuators located in the secondary channels to pump fluids through the secondary channels, wherein at least one of the secondary channels comprises a plurality of u-shaped secondary channels located offset from each other on opposite sides of the main channel, wherein the two legs of each of the u-shaped secondary channels are fluidly coupled to the main channel, and wherein the secondary channel actuators in each of the u-shaped secondary channels are positioned and directed to discharge fluids into the main channel to create a number of cross-channel, approximately serpentine shaped flows throughout the secondary channels crossing the main channel a number of times.