Patent ID: 9347595
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: B01D,B01L,B33Y,C12M,F16L,F17D,G01N,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A system for focusing particles having a diameter (a) suspended within a moving fluid having a kinematic viscosity (v) into one or more localized stream lines, the system comprising: a substrate; at least one focusing channel provided on the substrate, wherein the at least one focusing channel comprises an inlet and an outlet and has a hydraulic diameter (D and a pumping element controlled to flow the moving fluid through the at least one focusing channel in a laminar flow at a maximum channel velocity (U such that inertial forces act on the particles and focus the particles having diameter a into one or more localized stream lines within the moving fluid in the at least one focusing channel.