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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2018
Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Vamsee K. Pamula, Cary, NC (US);
Ramakrishna Sista, Cary, NC (US);
Vijay Srinivasan, Cary, NC (US);
Michael G. Pollack, Durham, NC (US);
Allen E. Eckhardt, Durham, NC (US);
ADVANCED LIQUID LOGIC, INC., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Provided herein are methods of splitting droplets containing magnetically responsive beads in a droplet actuator. A droplet actuator having a plurality of droplet operations electrodes configured to transport the droplet, and a magnetic field present at the droplet operations electrodes, is provided. The magnetically responsive beads in the droplet are immobilized using the magnetic field and the plurality of droplet operations electrodes are used to split the droplet into first and second droplets while the magnetically responsive beads remain substantially immobilized.