Patent ID: 6524456
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: B01F,B01J,B01L,F16K,G01N,G11C,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of forming and transporting a series of minute volume segments of a material in a microchannel comprising the steps of:a. providing a microchannel device having a first channel having an inlet end connected to a source of transport liquid and an outlet end and having a second channel having an inlet end connected to a source of segmenting liquid that is immiscible with the transport liquid and an outlet end interconnected with said first channel; b. drawing a volume of segmenting liquid into said first channel through said second channel; c. transporting the volume of segmenting liquid in said first channel toward said first channel outlet end; and then d. repeating steps b. and c. to form a series of discrete volumes of the segmenting liquid.