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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2019
Applicant:
Illumina, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Hamed Amini, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Arash Jamshidi, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Tarun Kumar Khurana, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Foad Mashayekhi, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Yir-Shyuan Wu, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Illumina, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B01F 3/08 (2006.01); B01F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/502761 (2013.01); B01F 3/0807 (2013.01); B01F 13/0062 (2013.01); B01L 3/502776 (2013.01); B01L 3/502784 (2013.01); B01J 2219/005 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00468 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00722 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0636 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0647 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0652 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0816 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0858 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0867 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0883 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described are microfluidic devices and methods for providing a predetermined number of microspheres or beads, together with a cell, within a fluid droplet being processed. The system may provide each droplet with a single bead and a single cell, and the bead may contain DNA or other reagents for later identifying the specific cell associated with that bead.