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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2018
Berkeley Lights, Inc., Emeryville, CA (US);
Volker L. S. Kurz, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Troy A. Lionberger, Berkeley, CA (US);
Eric K. Sackmann, Oakland, CA (US);
Kai W. Szeto, Emeryville, CA (US);
Paul M. Lebel, San Mateo, CA (US);
Brandon R. Bruhn, San Francisco, CA (US);
Keith J. Breinlinger, San Rafael, CA (US);
Eric D. Hobbs, Livermore, CA (US);
Andrew W. McFarland, Berkeley, CA (US);
J. Tanner Nevill, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Xiaohua Wang, Albany, CA (US);
Berkeley Lights, Inc., Emeryville, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatuses and methods are described for the use of optically driven bubble, convective and displacing fluidic flow to provide motive force in microfluidic devices. Alternative motive modalities are useful to selectively dislodge and displace micro-objects, including biological cells, from a variety of locations within the enclosure of a microfluidic device.