IP Library Granted Patent US 12678789
Granted Patent B2
US 12678789 · App. 18/018,502 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Flow channel device

Inventors: Masaki Sato (Yokohama, JP); Masaru Nagata (Kirishima, JP); Tomoyuki Ono (Kyotanabe, JP); Yuuki Nakayama (Kirishima, JP)
Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
B01L3/502746B01L2200/0684B01L2200/16B01L2300/0654B01L2300/087B01L2400/0622
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Patent No.
US 12678789
App. No.
18/018,502
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A flow channel device includes a first storage part that stores liquid, a first flow channel through which liquid in the first storage part passes, and a second flow channel through which liquid passes to the first storage part, in which a thickness of the first flow channel is smaller than a thickness of the second flow channel.

Claims (49)

1 . A flow channel device comprising:

a first storage part that stores liquid;

a second storage part that stores liquid to be introduced into the first storage part;

a first flow channel through which the liquid in the first storage part passes;

a second flow channel which is connected to the second storage part and the first storage part and through which the liquid passes from the second storage part to the first storage part; and

a first gas discharge channel that discharges a gas inside the second storage part out of the second storage part, wherein

a thickness of the first flow channel is smaller than a thickness of the second flow channel,

a thickness of the first gas discharge channel is smaller than a thickness of the second flow channel; and

a third flow channel that enables the liquid to pass to the second storage part, wherein

the second storage part is connected to the second flow channel, and

an intersection is formed between a first straight line that overlaps a flow direction of the liquid flowing into the second storage part from the third flow channel and a second straight line that overlaps a flow direction of the liquid flowing out of the second storage part to the second flow channel.

2 . The flow channel device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a third storage part that stores unnecessary liquid, wherein

the first gas discharge channel is connected to the third storage part.

3 . The flow channel device according to claim 2 , wherein

a portion of the third storage part is disposed on a vertically upper side of the second storage part when the flow channel device is in use.

4 . The flow channel device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a fourth flow channel which is different from the second flow channel, the fourth flow channel enabling the liquid to pass to the first storage part, wherein

the thickness of the first flow channel is smaller than a thickness of the fourth flow channel.

5 . The flow channel device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a check valve provided between the first storage part and the second storage part.

6 . The flow channel device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first storage part includes a plurality of internal fine recessed portions.

7 . The flow channel device according to claim 6 , wherein a size of each of the plurality of internal fine recessed portions is defined as large enough to introduce a single virus particle.

8 . The flow channel device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second storage part is connected to the second flow channel at a first connecting portion, and the first straight line passes through a point different from the first connecting portion.

9 . The flow channel device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first gas discharge channel is connected to a region on a vertically upper side of the second storage part when the flow channel device is in use.

10 . The flow channel device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second storage part is connected to the second flow channel at a first connecting portion, the second storage part is connected to the third flow channel at a second connecting portion, and the second storage part is connected to the first gas discharge channel at a third connecting portion, and

a distance between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion is longer than a distance between the second connecting portion and the third connecting portion.

11 . The flow channel device according to claim 10 , wherein

the distance between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion is longer than a distance between the first connecting portion and the third connecting portion.

12 . A flow channel device comprising:

a first storage part that stores liquid;

a second storage part that stores liquid to be introduced into the first storage part;

a first flow channel through which the liquid in the first storage part passes;

a second flow channel which is connected to the second storage part and the first storage part and through which the liquid passes from the second storage part to the first storage part;

a third flow channel that passes liquid to the second storage part;

a fourth flow channel which is different from the second flow channel, the fourth flow channel enabling the liquid to pass to the first storage part;

a first gas discharge channel that discharges a gas inside the second storage part out of the second storage part; and

a second gas discharge channel that discharges gas in the fourth flow channel out of the fourth flow channel, wherein

a thickness of the first flow channel is smaller than a thickness of the second flow channel,

a thickness of the first gas discharge channel is smaller than a thickness of the second flow channel,

the thickness of the first flow channel is smaller than a thickness of the fourth flow channel,

a distance between an inlet of the fourth flow channel and a connecting portion of the fourth flow channel and the second gas discharge channel is longer than a distance between the connecting portion of the fourth flow channel and the second gas discharge channel and a connecting portion between the first storage part and the fourth flow channel.

13 . The flow channel device according to claim 12 , further comprising:

a third storage part that stores unnecessary liquid, wherein

the second gas discharge channel is connected to the third storage part.