Patent ID: 9687848
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: B01L,C12N,C12Q,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method of processing fluid, the method comprising: selecting a microfluidic device including at least one well component, the at least one well component providing an input well and an output well, the microfluidic device also including a channel component attached directly to a top side of the at least one well component, the channel component including introducing, with a fluid-transfer device, a sample-containing fluid into the input well through the sample port and into contact with a bottom end of the input tube; operatively connecting at least one vacuum/pressure source to the microfluidic device; and creating a pressure differential with the at least one vacuum/pressure source that drives at least a portion of the sample-containing fluid from the input well to the output well on a path defined by the channel component, wherein the path extends upward through the input tube, through the microchannel, and downward to the output well.