Patent ID: 9293311
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: B01L,G01N,G06F,G16Z,H01J

Claim Text:
1. A microfluidic interrogation apparatus, comprising: a bench-top housing sized sufficiently small in both weight and enclosed volume as to permit a single person, by hand and without tools, to move the entirety of said apparatus from a first location to a second location; a microprocessor and an associated memory protected by said housing and operably disposable in-circuit with a microfluidic particle detector to receive particle-related data from said particle detector, said microprocessor being programmable to perform a plurality of different particle interrogation tasks; a microfluidic path extending through a portion of said housing and arranged to urge particles carried in a fluid into substantially single-file travel through an interrogation zone of said particle detector; and a display device carried by said housing and disposed operably in-circuit with said microprocessor, said display device being operable to present a visual image representative of particle interrogation data resulting from microfluidic interrogation performed by said apparatus.