@patent {saltsman_united_2014, title = {United {States} {Patent}: 8697009 - {Microfluidic} devices for fluid manipulation and analysis}, number = {8697009}, year = {2014}, month = {apr}, abstract = {The present invention relates to microfluidic devices and methods for manipulating and analyzing fluid samples. The disclosed microfluidic devices utilize a plurality of microfluidic channels, inlets, valves, filter, pumps, liquid barriers and other elements arranged in various configurations to manipulate the flow of a fluid sample in order to prepare such sample for analysis.}, url = {http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2\&Sect2=HITOFF\&p=1\&u=\%2Fnetahtml\%2FPTO\%2Fsearch-bool.html\&r=3\&f=G\&l=50\&co1=AND\&d=PTXT\&s1=\%22Weigl\%3B+Bernhard\%22.INNM.\&OS=IN/\%22Weigl;+Bernhard\%22\&RS=IN/\%22Weigl;+Bernhard\%22}, author = {Saltsman, Patrick and Shen, Mingchao and Houkal, Jeffrey M. and Lancaster, Christy A. and Battrell, C. Frederick and Weigl, Bernhard H.} }