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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2022
Centre National DE LA Recherche Scientifique, Paris, FR;
Ecole Superieure DE Physique ET DE Chimie Industrielles DE LA Ville DE Paris, Paris, FR;
Jean Baudry, Paris, FR;
Jérôme Bibette, Paris, FR;
Laurent Boitard, Paris, FR;
Klaus Eyer, Paris, FR;
Krzysztof Langer, Palaiseau, FR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for selecting and recovering products, including providing an emulsion () comprising a plurality of drops () contained in a carrier fluid (), each drop comprising an internal fluid (), measuring at least one physical parameter for several drops () of the emulsion (), classifying at least some of the drops () of the emulsion in a class based on measurements obtained during measuring, tagging at least some of the classified drops () based on the class of the drop (), and selectively recovering the drop () or part of the drop () using the tag of the drop or part of the drop ().