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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:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2015
Applicant:
Sphere Fluidics Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sphere Fluidics Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/10 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); H01J 49/04 (2006.01); H01J 49/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/1031 (2013.01); B01L 3/50273 (2013.01); B01L 3/502715 (2013.01); B01L 3/502784 (2013.01); G01N 15/1056 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0652 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0627 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0816 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0864 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0424 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1081 (2013.01); H01J 49/0031 (2013.01); H01J 49/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
We describe a method comprising: providing a droplet comprising a plurality of constituents, splitting said droplet into a first droplet and a second droplet, wherein said first droplet comprises a first fraction of said plurality of constituents and said second droplet comprises a second fraction of said plurality of constituents, analysing said constituents of said first fraction of said plurality of constituents in said first droplet, and sorting said second droplet dependent on an outcome of said analysis.