Centrifugal force-based microfluidic device for protein detection and microfluidic system including the same
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US ยท United States
- Patent Type
- Applications(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
- Publication Date
- 2011-08-18
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable ยท inactive patent
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Abstract
Description
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation application of U.S. application Ser. No. 12 / 851,819, filed Aug. 6, 2010 (now allowed), which is a continuation in part of Ser. No. 11 / 850,129, filed Sep. 5, 2007 (U.S. Pat. No. 7,776,267), which claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application Nos. 10-2006-0085372, filed on Sep. 5, 2006 and 10-2007-0003401, filed Jan. 11, 2007, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein in their entirety by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] The present invention relates to a centrifugal force-based microfluidic device which controls fluid flow by centrifugal force in a microfluidic structure prepared on a body of revolution. The present invention also relates to a centrifugal force-based microfluidic device for detecting target protein from a biological sample.
[0004] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0005] In general, a microflui...