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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2015
Applicant:
National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, Llc, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Inventors:
Jess M. Sustarich, San Francisco, CA (US);
Chao Chung Shih, Emeryville, CA (US);
Anup Kumar Singh, Danville, CA (US);
Philip Gach, Kensington, CA (US);
Assignee:
National Technology & Engineering Solutions Of Sandia, LLC, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01); C12N 15/10 (2006.01); G01N 35/08 (2006.01); B01F 33/302 (2022.01); B01F 33/3031 (2022.01); B01L 7/00 (2006.01); G01N 15/14 (2006.01); B01F 101/23 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/502784 (2013.01); B01F 33/3021 (2022.01); B01F 33/3031 (2022.01); B01L 3/50273 (2013.01); B01L 3/502738 (2013.01); B01L 3/502746 (2013.01); B01L 3/502761 (2013.01); B01L 7/00 (2013.01); C12N 15/1058 (2013.01); G01N 15/1404 (2013.01); G01N 15/1434 (2013.01); G01N 35/08 (2013.01); B01F 2101/23 (2022.01); B01L 3/502753 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0605 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0647 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0652 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0673 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0689 (2013.01); B01L 2200/10 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0867 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0883 (2013.01); B01L 2300/1805 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0415 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0424 (2013.01); B01L 2400/082 (2013.01); B01L 2400/086 (2013.01); G01N 2015/149 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1413 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1422 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are devices and methods useful for confined-channel digital microfluidics that combine high-throughput droplet generators with digital microfluidic for droplet manipulation. The present disclosure also provides an off-chip sensing system for droplet tracking.