Patent ID: 8846378
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: B01J,B01L,C12Q,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A fluidics circuit for controlling fluid flow, the fluidics circuit comprising: a fluid outlet; a plurality of fluid inlets; a fluidics node in fluid communication with said fluid outlet and said plurality of fluid inlets; one or more fluid passages for passing fluid; and at least one waste port in fluid communication with said fluidics node by said one or more fluid passages, wherein said fluidics node, fluid outlet, fluid inlets, and fluid passages are configured such that when a first fluid flows from a first fluid inlet of said plurality of fluid inlets through said fluidics node, a portion of said first fluid flows through said fluidics node and then into said fluid outlet and another portion of said first fluid concurrently flows through said fluidics node and then past a second fluid inlet of said plurality of fluid inlets to said at least one waste port and not into said fluid outlet and without passing through a valve, wherein a third portion of said first fluid concurrently flows to the at least one waste port without passing through the node and without passing through a valve.