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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2017
Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, FR;
Centre National DE LA Recherche Scientifique, Paris, FR;
Charles Baroud, Paris, FR;
Raphaël Tomasi, Paris, FR;
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE, Palaiseau, FR;
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, Paris, FR;
Abstract
Method for handling at least one first microdrop and at least one second microdrop in a microfluidic system including a capillary trap that has a first trapping zone and a second trapping zone, the method including steps consisting of: (i) trapping the first microdrop in the first trapping zone, and (ii) trapping the second microdrop in the second trapping zone, the first and the second trapping zone being arranged such that the first and the second microdrops are in contact with each other, the first and the second trapping zones being adapted such that the trapping forces returned to one of the microdrops are different.