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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2019
Verily Life Sciences Llc, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Saurabh Vyawahare, Mountain View, CA (US);
Supriyo Sinha, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Andrew Homyk, Belmont, CA (US);
Michael Gutierrez, San Francisco, CA (US);
VERILY LIFE SCIENCES LLC, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems and methods capable of identifying, tracking, and sorting particles or droplets flowing in a channel, for example, a microfluidic channel having a fluid medium. The channel and the fluid medium can have a similar refractive index such that they appear translucent or transparent when illuminated by electromagnetic radiation. The particles or droplets can have a refractive index substantially different from that of the channel and the medium, such that the particles or droplets interfere with the electromagnetic radiation. A sensor can be disposed adjacent to the channel to record the electromagnetic radiation. The sensor can be attached to a system for identifying, tracking, and sorting the droplets.