US 12,440,853 B2
Centrifuge unit for a microfluidic device for processing liquid samples
Tanja Maucher, Stuttgart (DE); Franz Laermer, Weil der Stadt (DE); and Hannah Bott, Straubenhardt (DE)
Assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Appl. No. 17/753,422
Filed by Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
PCT Filed Aug. 18, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/073042
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 2, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/043567, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 213 313.4 (DE), filed on Sep. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0314239 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B04B 11/04 (2006.01); B04B 5/00 (2006.01); F16K 99/00 (2006.01)
CPC B04B 11/04 (2013.01) [B04B 5/00 (2013.01); F16K 99/0063 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A microfluidic device for processing of liquid samples, comprising:
at least one centrifuge unit comprising:
a centrifuge cup; and
at least one centripetal force-dependent valve arrangement,
wherein the at least one centrifuge cup is mounted rotatably between two layers of the microfluidic device.