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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2020
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Julien Autebert, Kilchberg, CH;
Emmanuel Delamarche, Thalwil, CH;
Govind Kaigala, Rueschlikon, CH;
Xander Frank Van Kooten, Adliswil, CH;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Microfluidic probe head for processing a sequence of separate liquid volumes separated by spacers. The microfluidic probe head includes: an inlet, an outlet, a first fluid channel and a second fluid channel and a fluid bypass connecting the first fluid channel and the second fluid channel. The first fluid channel delivers the sequence of separate liquid volumes from the inlet toward a deposition area, the fluid bypass allows the spacers to be removed from the first fluid channel obtaining a free sequence of separate liquid volumes without spacers, the first fluid channel delivers the free sequence of separate liquid volumes to the deposition area, and the second fluid channel delivers the removed spacers from the fluid bypass to the outlet. The present invention also provides a microfluidic probe and method for processing a sequence of separate liquid volumes.