CA2544002A1 - Multilayer hydrodynamic sheath flow structure - Google Patents

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CA2544002A1
CA2544002A1 CA002544002A CA2544002A CA2544002A1 CA 2544002 A1 CA2544002 A1 CA 2544002A1 CA 002544002 A CA002544002 A CA 002544002A CA 2544002 A CA2544002 A CA 2544002A CA 2544002 A1 CA2544002 A1 CA 2544002A1
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Abstract

A microfabricated sheath flow structure for producing a sheath flow includes a primary sheath flow channel for conveying a sheath fluid, a sample inlet for injecting a sample into the sheath fluid in the primary sheath flow channel, a primary focusing region for focusing the sample within the sheath fluid and a secondary focusing region for providing additional focusing of the sample within the sheath fluid. The secondary focusing region may be formed by a flow channel intersecting the primary sheath flow channel to inject additional sheath fluid into the primary sheath flow channel from a to selected direction. A sheath flow system may comprise a plurality of sheath flow structures operating in parallel on a microfluidic chip.

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1. A sheath flow structure for suspending a particle in a sheath fluid, comprising:
a primary sheath flow channel for conveying a sheath fluid;
a sample inlet for injecting a particle into the sheath fluid conveyed through the primary sheath flow channel;
a primary focusing region for focusing the sheath fluid around the particle in at least a first direction; and a secondary focusing region provided downstream of the primary focusing region for focusing the sheath fluid around the particle in at least a second direction different from the first direction.
2. The sheath flow structure of claim 1, wherein the primary focusing region focuses the sheath fluid and particle away from a first side wall, a second side wall and a third side wall of the primary sheath flow channel.
3. The sheath flow structure of claim 2, wherein the secondary focusing region focuses the sheath fluid and particle away from a fourth side wall of the primary sheath flow channel.
4. The sheath flow structure of claim 3, wherein the fourth side is a top wall of the primary sheath flow channel.
5. The sheath flow structure of claim 1, wherein the primary focusing region is formed by tapering the primary sheath flow channel in a direction along which fluid flows therethrough.
6. The sheath flow structure of claim 1, wherein the secondary focusing region injects sheath fluid into the primary sheath flow channel to focus the sheath fluid around the particle.
7. The sheath flow structure of claim 6, wherein the secondary focusing region comprises a first secondary sheath channel for conveying a secondary sheath fluid.
8. The sheath flow structure of claim 7, wherein the secondary focusing region further comprises a second secondary sheath channel for conveying the secondary sheath fluid, the first secondary sheath channel provided on a first side of the primary sheath flow channel and the second secondary sheath channel provided on a second side of the primary sheath flow channel.
9. The sheath flow structure of claim 7, wherein the first secondary sheath channel has an inlet that intersects the primary sheath flow channel to divert a portion of the sheath fluid in the primary sheath flow channel into the first secondary sheath channel.
10. The sheath flow structure of claim 7, wherein the first secondary sheath channel has an inlet that is separate from the primary sheath flow channel.
11. The sheath flow structure of claim 1, wherein the primary sheath flow channel divides into a first subchannel and a second subchannel upstream of the primary focusing region.
12. The sheath flow structure of claim 11, wherein the first subchannel and the second subchannel converge in the primary focusing region to surround a particle injected into the primary focusing region with sheath fluid.
13. The sheath flow structure of claim 1, wherein the primary sheath flow channel is a microchannel.
14. The sheath flow structure of claim 1, wherein the sheath flow structure is a microfluidic device.
15. A sheath flow structure for suspending a particle in a sheath fluid, comprising:
a first substrate layer including a primary sheath flow channel for conveying a sheath fluid;
a second substrate layer stacked on the first substrate layer including a first sheath inlet for introducing a sheath fluid to the primary sheath flow channel, and a sample inlet downstream of the first sheath inlet for providing the particle to the primary sheath flow channel in a primary focusing region to form a sheath flow including the particle surrounded by the sheath fluid on at least one side; and a first secondary sheath channel formed in one of said first substrate layer and said second substrate layer in communication with the primary sheath flow channel, wherein the first secondary sheath channel diverts a portion of said sheath fluid from the primary sheath flow channel.
16. The sheath flow structure of claim 15, wherein the first secondary sheath channel intersects the primary sheath flow channel in a region between said first sheath inlet and said sample inlet.
17. The sheath flow structure of claim 15, wherein the first secondary sheath channel provides the diverted portion of the sheath fluid to a secondary focusing region downstream of the primary focusing region, where the diverted portion of the sheath fluid reenters the primary sheath flow channel to focus the particle within the sheath flow.
18. The sheath flow structure of claim 15, wherein the first secondary sheath channel is formed in the second substrate layer.
19. The sheath flow structure of claim 15, further comprising a second secondary sheath channel for diverting another portion of said sheath fluid from the primary sheath flow channel, the first secondary sheath channel provided on a first side of the primary sheath flow channel and the second secondary sheath channel provided on a second side of the primary sheath flow channel.
20. The sheath flow structure of claim 15, further comprising a secondary focusing region for focusing the sheath flow aroused the particle.
21. The sheath flow structure of claim 15, wherein the primary focusing region is formed by tapering the primary sheath flow channel in a direction along which fluid flows therethrough.
22. The sheath flow structure of claim 21, wherein the sample inlet intersects a relatively wide portion of the primary sheath flow channel.
23. The sheath flow structure of claim 15, wherein the primary sheath flow channel divides into a first subchannel and a second subchannel upstream of the primary focusing region.
24. The sheath flow structure of claim 21, wherein the first subchannel and the second subchannel converge in the primary focusing region to surround a particle injected into the primary focusing region with sheath fluid.
25. The sheath flow structure of claim 15, wherein the primary sheath flow channel is a microchannel.
26. The sheath flow structure of claim 15, wherein the sheath flow structure is a microfluidic device.
27. A focusing region for focusing a particle suspended in a sheath fluid in a channel of a sheath flow device, comprising:
a primary flow channel for conveying a particle suspended in a sheath fluid;
and a first secondary flow channel intersecting the primary flow path for injecting sheath fluid into the primary flow channel from above the particle to focus the particle away from a top wall of the primary flow channel.
28. The focusing region of claim 27, further comprising:
a second secondary flow channel intersecting the primary flow path on an opposite side from the first secondary flow channel for injecting sheath fluid to focus the particle within the primary flow channel.
29. The focusing region of claim 27, wherein the first secondary flow channel intersects the primary flow channel in a region upstream from a sample inlet for injecting a sample into the sheath fluid in the primary flow channel to divert a portion of the sheath fluid into the first secondary flow channel.
30. The sheath flow structure of claim 27, wherein the primary flow channel is a microchannel.
31. A method of surrounding a particle on at least two sides by a sheath fluid, comprising the steps of:
injecting a sheath fluid into a primary sheath flow channel;
diverting a portion of the sheath fluid into a branching sheath channel;
injecting the particle into the primary sheath flow channel to suspend the particle in the sheath fluid to form a sheath flow; and injecting the diverted portion of the sheath fluid into the sheath flow to focus the particle within the sheath fluid.
32. A method of surrounding a particle on at least two sides by a sheath fluid, comprising the steps of:
conveying a sheath fluid through a primary sheath flow channel;
injecting a particle into the sheath fluid conveyed through the primary sheath flow channel;
focusing the sheath fluid around the particle in at least a first direction;
and focusing the sheath fluid around the particle in at least a second direction different from the first direction.
33. A sheath flow system, comprising:
a plurality of a sheath flow structures operating in parallel on a substrate, each sheath flow structure comprising:
a primary sheath flow channel for conveying a sheath fluid;
a sample channel for injecting a particle into the sheath fluid conveyed through the primary sheath flow channel;
a primary focusing region for focusing the sheath fluid around the particle in at least a first direction; and a secondary focusing region provided downstream of the primary focusing region for focusing the sheath fluid around the particle in at least a second direction different from the first direction.
34. The sheath flow system of claim 1, further comprising a sample inlet for providing at least one particle to each sample channel in said plurality of sheath flow structures.
35. The sheath flow system of claim 33, further comprising a sheath inlet, the sheath inlet branching into a plurality of branches for providing sheath fluid to each of the primary sheath flow channels in the system.
36. The sheath flow system of claim 34, further comprising at least one sheath fluid inlet for providing sheath fluid to at least one of the primary sheath fluid channels, the sample inlet being provided upstream of the sheath fluid inlet.
37. The sheath flow system of claim 33, wherein each sheath flow structure further comprises a sheath inlet for providing sheath fluid to the primary sheath flow channel.
38. The sheath flow system of claim 33, wherein the system of formed by stacking two microfluidic chips together.
39. The sheath flow system of claim 33, wherein at least one of the primary sheath flow channels comprises a first subchannel and a second subchannel.
40. The sheath flow system of claim 39, wherein the first subchannel and the second subchannel converge in the primary focusing region to suspend a particle injected in the primary focusing region in sheath fluid.
41. The sheath flow system of claim 33, wherein each of the secondary focusing regions injects a secondary sheath fluid into the primary sheath flow channel to focus the particle.
42. The sheath flow system of claim 41, wherein the secondary sheath fluid is provided by diverting a portion of the sheath fluid in the associated primary sheath flow channel into a secondary sheath channel that intersects the primary sheath flow channel in the secondary focusing region.
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