Patent ID: 8202486

Claim:
A device for isolating one or more sample components of a sample material following separation of the sample material into a plurality of sample components, comprising: first and second pinching channels, each pinching channel having a first end and a second end; a separation channel extending between the first and second pinching channels, the separation channel having a first end and a second end; a collection leg having a first end and a second end; a collection well disposed in the collection leg between the first and second ends of the collection leg; a waste leg having a first end and a second end; and a switching region having an inlet end and an outlet end; wherein the second end of each of the first pinching channel, the second pinching channel, and the separation channel are in fluid communication with the inlet end of the switching region, and wherein the first end of the collection leg and the first end of the waste leg are in fluid communication with the outlet end of the switching region.