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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2019
Applicant:
Oxford Nanopore Technologies Plc, Oxford, GB;
Inventors:
Matthew Holden, Cambridge, MA (US);
Andrew John Heron, Oxford, GB;
Assignee:
Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC, Oxford, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01); A47J 36/24 (2006.01); C12Q 1/6869 (2018.01); H05B 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 36/2488 (2013.01); B01L 3/50273 (2013.01); B01L 3/502784 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6869 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0673 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0645 (2013.01); B01L 2300/161 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0427 (2013.01); H05B 3/0071 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a sensing system comprising an electrowetting device, which electrowetting device comprises an array of actuation electrodes, and a control system configures to perform droplet operations on a system of droplets present in the sensing system. The invention also relates to a method of operating the sensing system of the invention. The invention also provides novel droplet constructs which can be made and manipulated in the sensing system of the invention.