Patent ID: 8277112

Claim:
A device comprising a first mixer of laminar microfluidic streams, wherein the first mixer comprises a) a first mixing channel having a longitudinal axis and an outlet, b) a first inlet channel, for a first fluid, in transverse fluid communication with said first mixing channel at a first confluence along said longitudinal axis, c) a second inlet channel, for said first fluid, in transverse fluid communication with said first mixing channel at a second confluence along said longitudinal axis, d) a third inlet channel, for a second fluid, in transverse fluid communication with said first mixing channel at a third confluence along said longitudinal axis, and e) a fourth inlet channel, for said second fluid, in transverse fluid communication with said first mixing channel at a fourth confluence along said longitudinal axis, wherein i) said first confluence, said second confluence, said third confluence, and said fourth confluence are not opposite each other, and ii) said first confluence and said second confluence alternate with said third confluence and with said fourth confluence.