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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2015
Caliper Life Sciences, Inc., Hopkinton, MA (US);
Joshua I. Molho, Oakland, CA (US);
Daniel G. Stearns, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
I-Jane Chen, Alameda, CA (US);
Danh Tran, Hayward, CA (US);
Bradley W. Rice, Danville, CA (US);
Tobias Daniel Wheeler, Alameda, CA (US);
Caliper Life Sciences, Inc., Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides microfluidic devices, systems, and methods for manipulating an object within a channel of a microfluidic device using an external electrode. The device has a channel disposed within the device, the channel having no included electrodes. The channel has a wall, at least a portion of which is penetrable by an electric field generated external to the device, the wall being penetrable such that the electric field extends through the wall portion and into a region within the channel. The system includes the microfluidic device and an electrode external to and not bonded to the device. In the method, the external electrode is placed adjacent to the device and energized to generate an electric field that extends through the wall of the device and into the channel, thereby manipulating an object within the channel.