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1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 (12) United States Patent (io) Patent No.: US 9,526,824 B2 Ferrari et al. (45) Date of Patent: Dec. 27, 2016 (54) NANOCHANNELED DEVICE AND RELATED (52) U.S. Cl. METHODS CPC .............. A61M 5/00 (2013.01); A61K 9/0097 (2013.01); A61M37/00 (2013.01); (71) Applicants:The Board of Regents of the (Continued) University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US); The Ohio State University (58) Field of Classification Search Research Foundation, Columbus, OH CPC ............. B81C 1/00444; B81C 1/00476; B81C (US) 1/00119; BO1D 67/0034; YIOS 148/05 (Continued) (72) Inventors: Mauro Ferrari, Houston, TX (US); Xuewu Liu, Sugar Land, TX (US); (56) References Cited Alessandro Grattoni, Houston, TX (US); Daniel Fine, Austin, TX (US); U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS Randy Goodall, Austin, TX (US); Sharath Hosali, Austin, TX (US); 3,731,681 A 5/1973 Blackshear et al. 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The nanochannel delivery device comprises an (Continued) inlet, an outlet, and a nanochannel. The nanochannel may be oriented parallel to the primary plane of the nanochannel (51) Int. Cl. delivery device. The inlet and outlet may be in direct fluid C23F 1/00 (2006.01) communication with the nanochannel. A61 5/00 (2006.01) (Continued) 22 Claims, 35 Drawing Sheets 280 ~X31 270 210 US 9,526,824 B2 Page 2 Related U.S. Application Data 2010/0077515 Al * 3/2010 Espinosa ............. B81C 1/00071 850/40 2010/0170796 Al * 7/2010 Bhatia ................... BOIL 3/5027 (60) Provisional application No. 61/168,844, filed on Apr. 204/453 13, 2009, provisional application No. 61/114,687, 2010/0212762 Al * 8/2010 Den Toonder ...... BO1F 13/0059 filed on Nov. 14, 2008. 137/803 2011/0137596 Al 6/2011 Grattoni et al. (51) Int. Cl. 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