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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2018
Applicant:
Owl Biomedical, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Inventors:
John S Foster, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Mehran Hoonejani, Goleta, CA (US);
Kevin Shields, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Owl biomedical, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/502761 (2013.01); B01L 3/502738 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0652 (2013.01); B01L 2400/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A microfabricated droplet dispensing structure is described, which may include a MEMS microfluidic fluidic valve, configured to open and close a microfluidic channel. The opening and closing of the valve may separate a target particle and a bead from a sample stream, and direct these two particle into a single droplet formed at the edge of the substrate. The droplet may then be encased in a sheath flow of an immiscible fluid.