IP Library Granted Patent US 11,498,068
Granted Patent B2
US 11,498,068 · App. 16/632,931 · Granted Nov 15, 2022

Microfluidic device and detection method therefor and microfluidic detection assembly

Inventors: Wenliang Yao (Beijing, CN); Haochen Cui (Beijing, CN); Peizhi Cai (Beijing, CN); Yuelei Xiao (Beijing, CN); Fengchun Pang (Beijing, CN); Yue Geng (Beijing, CN); Le Gu (Beijing, CN); Nan Zhao (Beijing, CN); Hui Liao (Beijing, CN); Yingying Zhao (Beijing, CN); Chuncheng Che (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
B01L3/502715B01L2300/0645B01L2300/088
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Patent No.
US 11,498,068
App. No.
16/632,931
Granted
Nov 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A microfluidic device, a microfluidic detection assembly and a detection method for the microfluidic device. The microfluidic device includes a first substrate and a second substrate; the first substrate and the second substrate are oppositely arranged to define a channel between the first substrate and the second substrate, the channel is configured for liquid to flow, the first substrate includes a base substrate and a plurality of control assemblies which are arranged on the base substrate along an extending direction of the channel, each of the plurality of control assemblies includes: a first electrode, a second electrode and a plurality of coils, and the first electrode is configured to input currents into the plurality of coils, and the plurality of coils are connected in parallel to the second electrode.

Claims (43)

1. A microfluidic device, comprising a first substrate and a second substrate, wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are oppositely arranged to define a channel between the first substrate and the second substrate, and the channel is configured for liquid to flow,

the first substrate comprises a plurality of control assemblies which are arranged along an extending direction of the channel, each of the plurality of control assemblies comprises: a first electrode, a second electrode and a plurality of coils, and

the first electrode is configured to input currents into the plurality of coils, and the plurality of coils are connected in parallel to the second electrode.

2. The microfluidic device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of coils are arranged in a same layer in the first substrate, and

the plurality of coils are arranged in a row in a direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the channel.

3. The microfluidic device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of coils and the second electrode are arranged in different layers of the first substrate, and

the second electrode is electrically connected to the plurality of coils through via holes.

4. The microfluidic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first electrode and the plurality of coils are arranged in a same layer of the first substrate.

5. The microfluidic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first electrode and the plurality of coils are arranged in different layers of the first substrate, and

the first electrode is electrically connected to the plurality of coils through via holes.

6. The microfluidic device according to claim 1 , wherein a resistivity of a material of at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is smaller than a resistivity of a material of the plurality of coils.

7. The microfluidic device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of control assemblies share a same electrode as the first electrode of each of the plurality of control assemblies.

8. The microfluidic device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of control assemblies share a same planar electrode as the second electrode of each of the plurality of control assemblies.

9. The microfluidic device according to claim 8 , wherein a plurality of the control assemblies used for a plurality of the channels share a same planar electrode as the second electrode of each of the plurality of the control assemblies.

10. The microfluidic device according to claim 8 , wherein the planar electrode is a slit electrode.

11. The microfluidic device according to claim 8 , wherein the planar electrode overlaps with the plurality of coils of each of the plurality of control assemblies in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the first substrate.

12. The microfluidic device according to claim 1 , further comprising a mixing assist structure, wherein the mixing assist structure is in the channel and configured to mixing the fluid.

13. The microfluidic device according to claim 12 , wherein the mixing assist structure is on one selected from a group consisting of:

a surface of the second substrate facing the first substrate; and

a surface of the substrate facing the second substrate.

14. The microfluidic device according to claim 12 , wherein the mixing assist structure comprises a ∧-shaped protrusion, and the ∧-shaped rotrusion points to a direction opposite to a direction in which the fluid is allowed to flow.

15. The microfluidic device according to claim 12 , wherein

each of the channel comprises an inlet and an outlet,

the mixing assist structure comprises a ∧-shaped protrusion, and

the ∧-shaped protrusion points to the inlet of the channel in which the ∧-shaped protrusion is located.

16. The microfluidic device according to claim 12 , wherein the mixing assist structure is arranged at at least one selected from a group consisting of:

a position before at least one of the plurality of control assemblies in a direction in which the fluid is allowed to flow; and

a position after at least one of the plurality of control assemblies in a direction in which the fluid is allowed to flow.

17. The microfluidic device according to claim 1 , further comprising: a spacer,

wherein the spacer is at opposite sides of the channel and between the first substrate and the second substrate, and

the spacer, the first substrate and the second substrate define the channel.

18. A microfluidic detection assembly, comprising:

the microfluidic device according to claim 1 ; and

a magnetic particle, configured to move in the channel of the microfluidic device in an operation.

19. A detection method for a microfluidic device, the microfluidic device comprising a first substrate and a second substrate, wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are oppositely arranged to define a channel between the first substrate and the second substrate, and the channel is configured for liquid to flow,

the first substrate comprises a plurality of control assemblies which are arranged along an extending direction of the channel, each of the plurality of control assemblies comprises: a first electrode, a second electrode and a plurality of coils, and

the first electrode is configured to input currents into the plurality of coils, and the plurality of coils are connected in parallel to the second electrode,

the detection method comprising:

providing, in the channel, a solution comprising a detection sample and a magnetic particle, the magnetic particle being capable of being bound with the detection sample;

providing an electric current to the coil through the first electrode and the second electrode to cause the magnetic particle with the detection sample bound to a surface of the magnetic particle to be attracted in a magnetic field generated by the coil; and

discharging the solution in the channel to obtain the magnetic particle with the detection sample bound to the surface of the magnetic particle.

20. The microfluidic device according to claim 2 , wherein the plurality of coils and the second electrode are arranged in different layers of the first substrate, and

the second electrode is electrically connected to the plurality of coils through via holes.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2022
From: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
To: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061251/0304 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 22, 2020
From: YAO, WENLIANG; CUI, HAOCHEN; CAI, PEIZHI; XIAO, YUELEI; PANG, FENGCHUN; GENG, YUE; GU, LE; ZHAO, NAN; LIAO, HUI; ZHAO, YINGYING; CHE, CHUNCHENG
To: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051662/0486 →
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