Patent ID: 9477233
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: B01F,B01J,B01L,G01N,G05D,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A microfluidic system, the system comprising: a microfluidic loading component comprising a microchannel and a T-junction, wherein the microchannel and the T-junction are in fluid communication and the T-junction comprises an inlet and two outlets each in fluid communication with a plurality of downstream T-junctions, wherein each of the downstream T-junctions comprises two outlets and wherein the downstream T-junctions are parallel to each other; a plurality of plugs in an immiscible carrier fluid, each plug comprising a plug fluid substantially surrounded by the immiscible carrier fluid, wherein the plug fluids of at least some of the plurality of plugs comprise a biological molecule; and a plurality of detachable holding components, wherein each detachable holding component comprises an inlet detachably couplable to and in fluid communication with an outlet of one of the plurality of downstream T-junctions, wherein the microfluidic system is configured such that the plurality of plugs are flowing through the loading component, the loading component splits the plurality of plugs at each of the plurality of downstream T-junctions and each inlet of the plurality of detachable holding components is configured to be operably coupled with at least one of the outlets of the plurality of downstream T-junctions in a manner that at least one holding component receives a plurality of split plugs in the immiscible carrier fluid from the loading component.