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Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 08, 2016
Applicant:

Illumina, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Hwai-En Ho, San Diego, CA (US);

Gregory F. Smith, Cary, NC (US);

Rahul R. Dhopeshwarkar, Escondido, CA (US);

Assignee:

ILLUMINA, INC., San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/48 (2006.01); C12Q 1/6806 (2018.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); G06G 7/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6806 (2013.01); B01L 3/502792 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0867 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0427 (2013.01);
Abstract

Method includes providing a droplet actuator having a droplet-operations gap and a plurality of electrodes positioned along the droplet-operations gap. The method also includes positioning an input droplet in the droplet-operations gap. The input droplet has a starting concentration of a substance-of-interest. The method also includes conducting droplet operations within the droplet-operations gap using the electrodes to generate discrete dilution droplets that are formed from the input droplet. The dilution droplets and a remainder of the input droplet form a droplet set. At least two of the dilution droplets in the droplet set having different concentrations of the substance-of-interest. The method also includes combining a select number of the droplets from the droplet set to form an output droplet having a modified concentration that is substantially equal to a designated target concentration.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Ho, Hwai-En. (2019). Systems and methods for obtaining a droplet having a designated concentration of a substance-of-interest (U.S. Patent No. 10450598). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10450598

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