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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2014
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Yu-Chun Kung, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Pei-Yu E. Chiou, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Ting-Hsiang S. Wu, Culver City, CA (US);
Yue Chen, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Michael A. Teitell, Tarzana, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices for the formation and/or merging of droplets in microfluidic systems are provided. In certain embodiments a microfluidic droplet merger component is provided that comprises a central channel comprising a plurality of elements disposed and spaced to create a plurality of lateral passages that drain a carrier fluid out of a fluid stream comprising droplets of a first fluid contained in the carrier fluid; and a deformable lateral membrane valve disposed to control the width of said center channel.
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