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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2018
Bio-rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA (US);
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention generally pertains to a system for performing droplet inflation, and methods and kits comprising the same. The system comprises at least one microfluidic channel comprising one or more droplets flowing therein, one or more fluid reservoirs, one or more inflators, one or more inflator nozzles, and at least one mechanism for disrupting an interface between a droplet and a fluid. The present invention provides for the inflation of a relatively controlled volume of fluid into a droplet resulting in an increase in the volume of the droplet relative to its volume prior to inflation and, accordingly, dilution of the concentration of species, if any, previously present and emulsified in the droplet.