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Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 28, 2019
Applicant:

Miroculus Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jorge Abraham Soto-Moreno, San Francisco, CA (US);

Ik Pyo Hong, Toronto, CA;

Jair Giovanny Beltran-Vera, Bogota, CO;

Juan Matias DeCarli, San Francisco, CA (US);

Jobelo Andres Quintero Rodriguez, San Francisco, CA (US);

Rodolfo Wilhelmy-Preciado, San Francisco, CA (US);

Mais Jehan Jebrail, Toronto, CA;

Gregory Ray, San Francisco, CA (US);

Mathieu Gabriel-Emmanuel Chauleau, San Francisco, CA (US);

Paul Mathew Lundquist, Emeryville, CA (US);

Alejandro Tocigl, Mountain View, CA (US);

John Peter Cannistraro, San Francisco, CA (US);

Gareth Scott, San Francisco, CA (US);

Spencer Seiler, San Francisco, CA (US);

Rohit Lal, San Francisco, CA (US);

Eugenia Carvajal, San Francisco, CA (US);

Eduardo Cervantes, San Francisco, CA (US);

Nikolay Sergeev, San Francisco, CA (US);

Yu-Hung Chen, San Francisco, CA (US);

Poornasree Kumar, San Francisco, CA (US);

Foteini Christodoulou, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

mirOculus Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01); C12M 3/06 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/768 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/502792 (2013.01); C12M 1/00 (2013.01); C12M 23/16 (2013.01); C12M 23/40 (2013.01); H01L 21/768 (2013.01); B01L 3/502715 (2013.01); B01L 2200/027 (2013.01); B01L 2200/04 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0605 (2013.01); B01L 2200/142 (2013.01); B01L 2300/023 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0867 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0883 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0887 (2013.01); B01L 2300/123 (2013.01); B01L 2300/161 (2013.01); B01L 2300/1822 (2013.01); B01L 2300/1827 (2013.01); B01L 2400/043 (2013.01); B01L 2400/049 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0487 (2013.01);
Abstract

Digital microfluidic (DMF) methods and apparatuses (including devices, systems, cartridges, DMF readers, etc.), and in particular DMF apparatuses and methods adapted for large volume. For example, described herein are methods and apparatuses for DMF using an air gap having a width of the gap that may be between 0.3 mm and 3 mm. Also described herein are DMF readers for use with a DMF cartridges, including those adapted for use with large air gap/large volume, although smaller volumes may be used as well.


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