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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2020
Applicant:
Lightcast Discovery Ltd, Cambridge, GB;
Inventors:
Richard Jeremy Ingham, Cambridge, GB;
Jasmin Kaur Chana Conterio, Cambridge, GB;
Thomas Henry Isaac, Cambridge, GB;
Assignee:
Lightcast Discovery Ltd, Cambridge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/502715 (2013.01); B01L 3/50273 (2013.01); B01L 3/502784 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0668 (2013.01); B01L 2200/10 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0636 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0645 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0654 (2013.01); B01L 2300/089 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0896 (2013.01); B01L 2300/165 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0427 (2013.01); B01L 2400/043 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device for manipulating microdroplets comprises a microfluidic chip adapted to receive and manipulate microdroplets dispersed in a carrier fluid flowing along pathways therethrough characterised in that chip includes regions of differing or zero microdroplet fluid flow rates. Also disclosed is an electrowetting means of transporting emulsions and components of emulsions between the different flow regions.