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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2020
Applicant:
Bio-rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA (US);
Inventors:
Benjamin Miller, Cornelius, NC (US);
Brian Hutchison, Medford, MA (US);
Andrew Wilson, Arlington, MA (US);
Jonathan William Larson, Chelsea, MA (US);
Qun Zhong, Lexington, MA (US);
Yevgeny Yurkovetsky, Winchester, MA (US);
Darren Roy Link, Lexington, MA (US);
Mark Weary, North Billerica, MA (US);
Assignee:
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/38 (2006.01); F16K 99/00 (2006.01); B01L 3/02 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B01F 15/00 (2006.01); B01F 13/00 (2006.01); F17D 3/01 (2006.01); G01N 27/447 (2006.01); G01N 21/03 (2006.01); G01N 21/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/38 (2013.01); B01F 13/0071 (2013.01); B01F 15/00136 (2013.01); B01F 15/00285 (2013.01); B01F 15/00344 (2013.01); B01L 3/0241 (2013.01); B01L 3/502715 (2013.01); B01L 3/502784 (2013.01); F16K 99/0001 (2013.01); F17D 3/01 (2013.01); G01N 27/44791 (2013.01); B01L 2200/061 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0673 (2013.01); B01L 2200/143 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0877 (2013.01); F16K 2099/0084 (2013.01); G01N 2021/0353 (2013.01); G01N 2021/1725 (2013.01); Y10T 137/2185 (2015.04); Y10T 137/2572 (2015.04); Y10T 137/7761 (2015.04); Y10T 137/8158 (2015.04); Y10T 137/8593 (2015.04); Y10T 436/118339 (2015.01);
Abstract
The invention provides methods for assessing one or more predetermined characteristics or properties of a microfluidic droplet within a microfluidic channel, and regulating one or more fluid flow rates within that channel to selectively alter the predetermined microdroplet characteristic or property using a feedback control.