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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2021
Applicant:
Sharp Life Science (Eu) Limited, Oxford, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sharp Life Science (EU) Limited, Uxbridge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/502792 (2013.01); B01L 3/502715 (2013.01); B01L 3/502723 (2013.01); B01L 2200/027 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0605 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0642 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0673 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0684 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0809 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0816 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0864 (2013.01); B01L 2300/165 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0406 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0427 (2013.01);
Abstract
A microfluidic AM-EWOD device and a method of filling such a device are provided. The device comprises a chamber having one or more inlet ports. The device is configured, when the chamber contains a metered volume of a filler fluid that partially fills the chamber, preferentially maintain the metered volume of the filler fluid in a part of the chamber. The device is configured to allow displacement of some of the filler fluid from the part of the chamber when a volume of an assay fluid introduced into one of the one or more inlet ports enters the part of the chamber, thereby causing a volume of a venting fluid to vent from the chamber.