Patent ID: 9645123
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: B01D,B29B,G01N

Claim:
1. An apparatus for combining fluids, comprising: a pipe-shaped portion having an outlet port at one end and an internal outlet conduit providing an internal fluidic passageway to the outlet port, the pipe-shaped portion having, in a side thereof, a plurality of openings into the internal outlet conduit; and a main body having an outer diameter with a plurality of inlet ports for receiving microfluidic tubing, each inlet port including a tube receptacle ending at a tip and an inlet conduit that directly connects the tip to one of the plurality of openings in the side of the pipe-shaped portion, thereby providing a direct internal fluidic passageway from the tip to the outlet conduit, each of the plurality of inlet conduits lying in a same plane as every other of the plurality of inlet conduits, wherein the outlet conduit has an open end at the outlet port, a closed end opposite the open end, and a plurality of openings in an outer diameter of the outlet conduit near the closed end, and wherein each inlet port is in fluidic communication with one of the openings in the outer diameter of the outlet conduit through the inlet conduit of that inlet port.