US 6,982,064 B1 | ||
Micromixer | ||
Wolfgang Ehrfeld, Mainz (Germany); Frank Michel, Bad Hergentheim (Germany); Astrid Lohf, Mainz (Germany); and Volker Graeff, Mainz (Germany) | ||
Assigned to Institut fur Mikrotechnik Mainz GmbH, Mainz (Germany) | ||
Appl. No. 10/18,198 PCT Filed Jun. 10, 2000, PCT No. PCT/EP00/05366 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Apr. 23, 2002, PCT Pub. No. WO00/76648, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 21, 2000. |
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Claims priority of application No. 199 27 544 (DE), filed on Jun. 16, 1999. | ||
Int. Cl. G01N 33/48 (2006.01); B01F 15/00 (2006.01); B01F 5/06 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 422—130 | 17 Claims |
1. A micromixer for mixing at least two reactants having penetrations for the supply of the reactants and/or the discharge of the product comprising: at least one mixing plate with microstructures that define mixer cells, each of said mixer cells having a feeding chamber which adjoins at least one group of digital channels which intermesh in a comb-like manner with the digital channels of a group from the adjoining feeding chambers to form a mixing zone; and a discharge plate arranged on the mixing plate, said discharge plate having an outlet port above each mixing zone, said outlet port extending perpendicularly to the digital channels, wherein each mixer cell has at least two mixing zones. |