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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2017
Srinivas Akella, Charlotte, NC (US);
Zhiqiang MA, Charlotte, NC (US);
Srinivas Akella, Charlotte, NC (US);
Zhiqiang Ma, Charlotte, NC (US);
Other;
Abstract
In accordance with one embodiment, a method for automatically coordinating droplets, beads, nanostructures, and/or biological objects for optically controlled microfluidic systems, comprising using light to move one or a plurality of droplets or the like simultaneously, applying an algorithm to coordinate droplet and/or other motions and avoid undesired droplet and/or other collisions, and moving droplets and/or others to a layout of droplets and/or others. In another embodiment, a system for automatically coordinating droplets and/or others for optically controlled microfluidic systems, comprising using a light source to move one or a plurality of droplets and/or others simultaneously, using an algorithm to coordinate droplet and/or other motions and avoid undesired droplet and/or other collisions, and using a microfluidic device to move droplets and/or others to a layout of droplets and/or others.