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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2018
Applicant:
Essenlix Corporation, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Stephen Y. Chou, Princeton, NJ (US);
Wei Ding, East Windsor, NJ (US);
Yufan Zhang, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Essenlix Corporation, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/686 (2018.01); G01N 33/53 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/50851 (2013.01); C12Q 1/686 (2013.01); G01N 33/5308 (2013.01); B01L 2200/021 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0642 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0668 (2013.01); B01L 2200/16 (2013.01); B01L 2300/046 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0663 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0819 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0829 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0893 (2013.01); B01L 2300/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided herein is a method and device for partitioning a fluidic sample. The device contains a plate containing microwells. The method comprises depositing a sample on one or both of the plates when the plates are in an open configuration, wherein the deposition is in the form of a single or multiple droplet of the sample, wherein at least one of the droplets has a volume that occupies more than two microwells and closing the plates to the closed configuration to partition the sample in the microwells.