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Patent No.:

US 11802264 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 12, 2020

Microfluidic devices for optically-driven convection and displacement, kits and methods thereof

Applicant:

Berkeley Lights, Inc., Emeryville, CA (US);

Inventors:

Volker L. S. Kurz, Castro Valley, CA (US);

Troy A. Lionberger, Berkeley, CA (US);

Eric K. Sackmann, Oakland, CA (US);

Kai W. Szeto, Emeryville, CA (US);

Paul M. Lebel, San Mateo, CA (US);

Brandon R. Bruhn, San Francisco, CA (US);

Keith J. Breinlinger, San Rafael, CA (US);

Eric D. Hobbs, Livermore, CA (US);

Andrew W. McFarland, Berkeley, CA (US);

J. Tanner Nevill, El Cerrito, CA (US);

Xiaohua Wang, Albany, CA (US);

Assignee:

PHENOMEX INC., Emeryville, CA (US);

Attorneys:

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Kenneth E. Horton

Primary Examiner:

Christine T Mui

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01); C12M 3/06 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/26 (2006.01); G01N 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 23/16 (2013.01); B01L 3/502761 (2013.01); C12M 23/20 (2013.01); C12M 33/12 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0668 (2013.01); B01L 2300/1822 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0415 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0427 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0442 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0454 (2013.01); B01L 2400/086 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatuses and methods are described for the use of optically driven bubble, convective and displacing fluidic flow to provide motive force in microfluidic devices. Alternative motive modalities are useful to selectively dislodge and displace micro-objects, including biological cells, from a variety of locations within the enclosure of a microfluidic device.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Kurz, Volker L. S.. (2023). Microfluidic devices for optically-driven convection and displacement, kits and methods thereof (U.S. Patent No. 11802264). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11802264

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