Patent SG-11201807717X-A (SG)
Title: Microfluidic network device
Inventor: DUPOUY DIEGO
IPC: B01L3/00
Filed: 2017-03-21
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property -, Organization 111111110111101110101011111010111110111011111010111101101011111111101111011111 International Bureau r..... .Yi j (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date ...... ... WO 2017/162617 Al 28 September 2017 (28.09.2017) WIP0 I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: (72) Inventors: DUPOUY, Diego, Gabriel; Chemin des Uttins BOIL 3/00 (2006.01) 8, 1028 Preverenges (CH). CIFTLIK, Ata, Tuna; Rue de (21) International Application Number: la Gare 11 a, 1110 MORGES (CH). GIJS, Martin; Chemin PCT/EP2017/056609 de la Dole 6, 1024 ECUBLENS (CH). JORIS, Pierre; Route de Dzelin 59, 1942 Le Levron (CH). (22) International Filing Date: (74) Agent: REUTELER, Raymond; Reuteler & Cie SA, 21 March 2017 (21.03.2017) Chemin de la Vuarpilliere 29, CH-1260 Nyon (CH). (25) Filing Language: English (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (26) Publication Language: English kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, (30) Priority Data: BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, 16162091.9 23 March 2016 (23.03.2016) EP DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, (71) Applicant: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, DE LAUSANNE (EPFL) [CH/CH]; EPFL-TTO, EPFL KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, Innovation Park J, CH-1015 Lausanne (CH). MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, ZA, ZM, ZW. TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, [Continued on next page] = Title: MICROFLUIDIC NETWORK DEVICE (54) 22 --7 36 36b ----• 36a _ _ 36c = 12 — — = 22c 0 = = 32a 32b = 33b 33n 28 = 34 = 32 3511 cc JJJ 37 § = 33 . t°- — AA AP. AA BB = Fig. 1 = 30 11 IN 11 ei 1-1 IN Il 0 ei [Continued on next page] O WO 2017/162617 All#1101M01101010EMEM3011110111011010ERV0IMIE (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every Declarations under Rule 4.17: kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, as to applicant's entitlement to apply for and be granted GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, a patent (Rule 4.17(ii)) TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, — as to the applicant's entitlement to claim the priority of DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, the earlier application (Rule 4.17(iii)) LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, of inventorship (Rule 4.17(iv)) SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) (57) : Microfluidic network device (2) configured to supply reagents to a biological tissue sampling device (1), compris- ing a plurality of microfluidic inlet channels (12) connected to respective sources of said reagents, at least one common outlet channel (22), and a plurality of valves (36) interconnecting an outlet end (14) of each of said plurality of inlet channels to said at least one common outlet channel.