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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2015
Berkeley Lights, Inc., Emeryville, CA (US);
Igor Y. Khandros, Orinda, CA (US);
J. Tanner Nevill, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Steven W. Short, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Ming C. Wu, Moraga, CA (US);
Berkeley Lights, Inc., Emeryville, CA (US);
Abstract
A microfluidic apparatus can comprise a dielectrophoresis (DEP) configured section for holding a first liquid medium and selectively inducing net DEP forces in the first liquid medium. The microfluidic apparatus can also comprise an electrowetting (EW) configured section for holding a second liquid medium on an electrowetting surface and selectively changing an effective wetting property of the electrowetting surface. The DEP configured section can be utilized to select and move a micro-object in the first liquid medium. The EW configured section can be utilized to pull a droplet of the first liquid medium into the second liquid medium.