Patent 7691244 was granted and assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology on April, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
This invention provides devices and apparatuses comprising the same, for the mixing and pumping of relatively small volumes of fluid. Such devices utilize nonlinear electrokinetics as a primary mechanism for driving fluid flow. Methods of cellular analysis and high-throughput, multi-step product formation using, devices of this invention are described.